The cost of air pollution health impacts of road transport

Outdoor air pollution kills more than 3 million people across the world every year, and causes health problems from asthma to heart disease for many more. This is costing societies very large amounts in terms of the value of lives lost and ill health. Based on extensive new epidemiological evidence...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Paris, France] : OECD 2014.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705510806719
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • List of abbreviations
  • Executive summary
  • Defining the economic cost of health impacts
  • Reviewing the evidence on and calculating the cost of the health impacts of air pollution
  • Rethinking appraisals to mitigate the health impacts of air pollution from road transport.