Itai-Itai disease and the countermeasures against cadmium pollution by the Kamioka mine

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-229

  Yoshida, Fumikazu ^a   Hata, Akio ^b   Tonegawa, Haruo ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium pollution; Countermeasures; Itai Itai disease; Kamioka mine; Polluter pays principle (PPP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864317095     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03353912     Document Type: Article

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