Estimation of economic costs of particulate air pollution from road transport in China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 28, 2010, Pages 3369-3377

  Guo, X R ^a   Cheng, S Y ^a   Chen, D S ^a   Zhou, Y ^a   Wang, H Y ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Economic valuation; Particulate air pollution; Road transport

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELS; AVERAGE COST; CONTROL MEASURES; CRITICAL COMPONENT; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC COSTS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN HEALTH; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT APPROACH; MEAN VALUES; OLYMPIC GAMES; PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; ROAD TRANSPORTS; VEHICULAR EMISSION;

AIR QUALITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VALUATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXHAUST GAS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC NOISE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 77954757453     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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