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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973562803321

Titolo

Estimating the public health benefits of proposed air pollution regulations / / Committee on Estimating the Health-Risk-Reduction Benefits of Proposed Air Pollution Regulations, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2002

ISBN

9780309169011

0309169011

9780309503532

0309503531

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

363.73920973

Soggetti

Air - Pollution

Social control

Public health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-152).

Nota di contenuto

Summary -- Introduction -- Health benefit analysis: EPA case studies -- Framing the analysis -- Exposure and response -- Uncertainty -- Using, presenting, and reviewing health benefit analysis -- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

EPA estimates that thousands of premature deaths and cases of illnesses may be avoided by reducing air pollution. At the request of Congress, this report reviews the scientific basis of EPA's methods used in estimating the public health benefits from its air pollution regulations.