Toxic exposure in America: Estimating fetal and infant health outcomes from 14 years of TRI reporting

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 557-574

  Agarwal, Nikhil ^a   Banternghansa, Chanont ^b   Bui, Linda T M ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant and fetal mortality; Pollution; Toxic Release Inventory

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; AIR POLLUTANT; DANGEROUS GOODS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARCINOGEN; INFANT MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; AIR POLLUTANT; DANGEROUS GOODS; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXICITY; TRENDS; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954656631     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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