Assessing the health benefits of improved air quality in Central and Eastern Europe
Assessments of the benefits of improvements in environmental quality in Central and Eastern Europe are needed to determine priorities for pollution abatement activities in the region. A recent study conducted by researchers at Resources for the Future suggests that the human health benefits attributable to reductions in emissions of three air pollutants in five of the region's countries are potentially large. However, the study also highlights the uncertainties surrounding measurements of decreases in adverse health effects and economic valuations of improved air quality. Attempts to account for these uncertainties yield findings that strengthen the researchers' assertion that air pollution control should be a target of environmental and economic policies in Central and Eastern Europe.
- OSTI ID:
- 5370608
- Journal Information:
- Resources; (United States), Journal Name: Resources; (United States) Vol. 113; ISSN 0048-7376; ISSN RESUBS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
BULGARIA
CHALCOGENIDES
CONTROL
CZECH REPUBLIC
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EASTERN EUROPE
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMICS
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EUROPE
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HUNGARY
LEAD
METALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
POLAND
POLLUTION CONTROL
PUBLIC HEALTH
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
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