Economic Impacts from PM2.5 Pollution-Related Health Effects: A Case Study in Shanghai

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 5035-5042

  Wu, Rui ^a,c,e   Dai, Hancheng ^b   Geng, Yong ^c   Xie, Yang ^d,f   Masui, Toshihiko ^d   Liu, Zhiqing ^c   Qian, Yiying ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^f TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; POLLUTION; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION;

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; CONTROL MEASURES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; INTEGRATED CONTROL STRATEGY; INTEGRATED MODELING; LABOR INTENSIVE; MACROECONOMIC IMPACT; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH IMPACT; MEGACITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER GENERATION;

ABSENTEEISM; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONTROL STRATEGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WELFARE; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 85020427032     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00026     Document Type: Article

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