Cost-benefit analysis of reducing premature mortality caused by exposure to ozone and PM2.5 in East Asia in 2020

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Fang ^a   Yamashita, Ken ^a   Kurokawa, Junichi ^a   Klimont, Zbigniew ^b  

^a Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Center   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; East Asia; GAINS China; Ozone; PM2.5; VSL

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942156429     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-015-2316-7     Document Type: Article

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