Valuing health effects: The case of ozone and fine particles in southern California

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 524-535

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

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

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EID: 80053084024     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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