Economic valuation of health impacts of air pollution in Mumbai.
Air pollution leads to serious negative impacts on health. The physical evidence is compelling. An attempt has been made in this paper to establish dose-response relationship of Ambient Air Quality Index and human health, based on time spent by an individual in different microenvironments during one day. Economic valuation of morbidity and mortality has been attempted through lost salary approach. The results show that the avoidance cost is 29% of the total health damage cost.
Srivastava
Anjali
A
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Mumbai Zonal Laboratory, India.
Kumar
Rakesh
R
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics*; D001249:Asthma / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D011634:Public Health; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D000393:Air Pollutants