title: Valuing the health benefits of clean air.
abstract: An assessment of health effects due to ozone and particulate matter (PM10) suggests that each of the 12 million residents of the South Coast Air Basin of California experiences ozone-related symptoms on an average of up to 17 days each year and faces an increased risk of death in any year of 1/10,000 as a result of elevated PM10 exposure. The estimated annual economic value of avoiding these effects is nearly $10 billion. Attaining air pollution standards may save 1600 lives a year in the region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, California State University, Fullerton 92634.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Winer
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kleinman
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Lurmann
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brajer
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Colome
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics*; D002140:California; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D010126:Ozone / Q000009:adverse effects; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D010126:Ozone