Economic value of U.S. fossil fuel electricity health impacts

Environment International

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-80

  Machol, Ben ^a   Rizk, Sarah ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Electricity; Fossil fuel; Health cost; Renewable energy; Social cost of carbon

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HEALTH; INVESTMENTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR EMISSIONS; CALIFORNIA; ECONOMIC VALUES; EMISSION-FREE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY INVESTMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY; HEALTH COSTS; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; MARYLAND; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE SOURCES; RETAIL PRICE; SOCIAL COST OF CARBON;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COAL; FOSSIL FUEL; NATURAL GAS; OIL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL; ELECTRICITY; FOSSIL FUEL; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH IMPACT; NATURAL GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMBUSTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY COST; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; FOSSIL ENERGY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872818271     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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