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Air pollution and human health / Lester B. Lave and Eugene P. Seskin.

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Upon competition of a ten year research project which analyzes the effect of air pollution and death rates in US cities, Lester B. Lave and Eugene P. Seskin conclude that the mortality rate in the US could shrink by seven percent with a similar if not greater decline in disease incidence if industri...

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Main Author: Lave, Lester B.
Corporate Author: Resources for the Future
Other Authors: Seskin, Eugene P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : RFF, 2011.
Series:Resources for the Future Library collection. Policy and governance ; v. 6.
Subjects:
Air > Pollution > Toxicology > United States > Statistics.
Air > Pollution > United States > Statistics.
Mortality > United States.
Environmental toxicology > United States.
United States > Statistics, Vital.
United States > Statistics, Medical.
Air > Pollution.
Air > Pollution > Toxicology.
Environmental toxicology.
Mortality.
United States.
Statistics.
Medical statistics.
Vital statistics.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theory and method
  • 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
  • 8. Cross-sectional time-series analysis, 1960-1969
  • 9. The relationship between daily mortality and daily air pollution
  • 10. The benefits and costs of air pollution abatement
  • 11. Summary and conclusion.

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