| Title: | Economic Valuation Of Health Impacts Of Air Pollution In Mumbai |
| Authors: | Anjali Srivastava and Rakesh Kumar |
| Publication: | Environmental Monitoring And Assessment / Springer Science |
| Enumeration: | Vol. 75, No. 2 pp. 135 - 143 |
| Abstract: | Air pollution leads to serious negative impacts on health. Thephysical evidence is compelling. An attempt has been made inthis paper to establish dose-response relationship of AmbientAir Quality Index and human health, based on time spent by anindividual in different microenvironments during one day.Economic valuation of morbidity and mortality has been attemptedthrough lost salary approach. The results show that theavoidance cost is 29% of the total health damage cost. Source of Abstract: Provided by Publisher |
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