Urban Air Pollution and Morbidity: A Retrospective Approach

Bart Ostro
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Bart Ostro: Office of Policy Analysis, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460

Urban Studies, 1983, vol. 20, issue 3, 343-351

Abstract: Concern for efficiency in environmental policy and the recent Executive Order of the President have increased the importance of determining the risk of illness for exposure to urban air pollution. This paper uses data collected at the individual level to estimate the impact of air pollution on either work loss or days of restricted activity. The multiple regression analysis used in this study indicates that increases in air pollution are associated with increases in acute morbidity that result in work loss. In addition, the analysis suggests that urban factors, climate, and occupational exposure do not appear to confound the estimated relationship between air pollution and morbidity.

Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1080/00420988320080571

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