Mandatory disclosure of plant emissions into the environment and worker chemical exposure inside plants

Ecological Economics

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-136

  Finger, Stephen R ^a   Gamper Rabindran, Shanti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure limits; Information based regulation; Occupational exposure; Pollution disclosure programs; Right to know programs; Worker health

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIAL;

EID: 84873474027     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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