Estimating the health effects of air pollutants : a method with an application to Jakarta (English)

To develop efficient strategies for pollution control, it is essential to assess both the costs of control and the benefits that may result. These benefits will often included improvements in public health, including reductions in both morbidity and premature mortality. Until recently, there has been little guidance about how to calculate the benefits of air pollution controls and how to use those estimates to assign priorities to different air pollution...

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Ostro,Bart D.;
Document Date
1994/05/31
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS1301
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Indonesia, East Asia and Pacific,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Estimating the health effects of air pollutants : a method with an application to Jakarta
Keywords
health effect

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Ostro,Bart D..

Estimating the health effects of air pollutants : a method with an application to Jakarta (English). Policy, Research working paper; no. WPS 130 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/355391468752348015

Estimating the health effects of air pollutants : a method with an application to Jakarta (English)

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