Air pollution, health and economic benefits-Lessons from 20years of analysis

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2590-2597

  Hall, Jane V ^a   Brajer, Victor ^a   Lurmann, Frederick W ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Benefit estimation; Health; Valuation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LITERATURE REVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGULATORY APPROACH; VALUATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956994605     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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