Estimating the health and economic benefits associated with reducing air pollution in the Barcelona metropolitan area (Spain) Estimación de los beneficios en salud y económicos asociados a la reducción de la contaminación atmosférica en el área metropolitana de Barcelona (España)

Objectives: To estimate the health and economic benefits that would result from two scenarios of improved air quality in 57 municipalities of the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Methods: We used attributable fractions and life tables to quantify the benefits for selected health outcomes, based on pu...

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Main Authors: Laura Pérez, Jordi Sunyer, Nino Künzli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-08-01
Series:Gaceta Sanitaria
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0213-91112009000400006