Wildfire smoke and health impacts: A closer look at fire attributes and their marginal effects

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 476-496

  Moeltner, K ^a   Kim, M K ^b   Zhu, E ^c   Yang, W ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Count data models; Distributed lag models; Respiratory illness; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

COUNT DATA MODELS; DISTRIBUTED LAG MODELS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; FIRE OCCURRENCES; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; RESPIRATORY ILLNESS; WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT; WILDFIRES;

AIR QUALITY; HEALTH; INFORMATION USE;

FIRES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HEALTH IMPACT; MARGINALIZATION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SMOKE; WILDFIRE;

NEVADA; RENO; SPARKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888201025     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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