Estimation of health and economic costs of air pollution over the Pearl River Delta region in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 566-567, Issue , 2016, Pages 134-143

  Lu, Xingcheng ^a   Yao, Teng ^a   Fung, Jimmy C H ^a   Lin, Changqing ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Economic loss; Negative health effect; Pearl River Delta; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; DISEASES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; GEMS; HEALTH; LOSSES; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ECONOMIC LOSS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; HEALTH EFFECTS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; URBANIZATION; VALUE OF STATISTICAL LIVES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

NITRIC OXIDE; SULFATE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECONOMIC MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MORBIDITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84969287483     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.060     Document Type: Article

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