Air Pollution and Human Health

Zusatztext 'Without doubt! this study is a tour de force... It is a first-rate example of how to use limited information in a theoretically correct manner! making persistently conservative assumptions! to shed light on the economic efficiency of a major public policy.'Journal of Economic Literature Informationen zum Autor Lester B. Lave, Eugene P. Seskin Klappentext First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung States that the mortality rate in the US could shrink by 7 per cent with a similar if not greater decline in disease incidence if industries followed EPA regulations in cutting back on certain pollutant emissions. This title claims that this reduction is sufficient to add one year to average life expectancy. Inhaltsverzeichnis I: Background and theoretical framework; 1: Introduction; 2: Theory and method; II: Cross-sectional analysis of U.S. SMSAs, 1960, 1961, and 1969; 3: Total U.S. mortality, 1960 and 1961; 4: Disaggregated mortality rates, 1960 and 1961; 5: Effects of occupation mix, climate, and home-heating characteristics, 1960; 6: Suicides, venereal disease, and crime rates, 1960 and 1961; 7: 1969 Replication, further verification, and summary; III: Annual and daily time-series analyses; 8: Cross-sectional time-series analysis, 1960-69; 9: The relationship between daily mortality and daily air pollution; IV: Policy implications; 10: The benefits and costs of air pollution abatement; 11: Summary and conclusion

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• Autoren: Lester B. Lave, Lester B. (Carnegie Mellon University Lave, Lester B./ Seskin Lave, Lave Lester B., Lester B. Lave, Eugene P. Seskin, Eugene P. (U.S. Department of Commerce Seskin, Seskin Eugene P.
• Verlag: Stylus Publishing
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.10.2010
• EAN: 9781617260582
• ISBN: 978-1-61726-058-2
• Seiten: 368
• Serien: Rff Library Collection: Policy; RFF Policy and Governance Set; RFF Policy and Governance Set
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Volkswirtschaft; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Environmental factors, Pollution & threats to the environment, Pollution and threats to the environment, MEDICAL / Environmental Health