Valuing morbidity effects of wildfire smoke exposure from the 2007 Southern California wildfires

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 25, Issue , 2016, Pages 29-54

  Kochi, Ikuho ^a,c   Champ, Patricia A ^b   Loomis, John B ^c   Donovan, Geoffrey H ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Cardiorespiratory illness; Cost of illness; Forest fire; Social cost

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COST ESTIMATING; DEFORESTATION; DISEASES; EMERGENCY ROOMS; FIRES; SMOKE;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CARDIORESPIRATORY ILLNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; FOREST FIRES; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; SOCIAL COST; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; FOREST FIRE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH IMPACT; MORBIDITY; SMOKE; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84988019696     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2016.07.002     Document Type: Article

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