Application of utility theory to the valuing of air pollution-related health effects: Three proposed pilot studies on subjective judgments of asthma. Final report
Utility under uncertainty is a field of decision theory that has received increasing attention in the field of health. The report reviews its uses during the past decade and suggests its possible use in national air quality standard setting procedures. It is common practice in standard setting to assess the likelihood of air pollution effects on sensitive populations. One such poplation, asthmatics, is selected in the report and the relationship between air pollution and asthma is reviewed. In addition, three possible pilot studies are suggested which use aspects of utility under uncertainty theory to elicit values concerning asthma health effects. The results of such studies would provide the US EPA with information for their ambient air quality standard setting and increase the awareness of the possible uses of utility theory in such applications.
- Research Organization:
- North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill, NC (United States). Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- OSTI ID:
- 5457582
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-206318/XAB; CNN: EPA-U-913352-01-0
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Cooperative Environmental Management
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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