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Title

  • Air pollution and infant health what can we learn from California's recent experience

Summary

  • "We examine the impact of air pollution on infant death in California over the 1990s. Our work offers several innovations: First, many previous studies examine populations subject to far greater levels of pollution. In contrast, the experience of California in the 1990s is clearly relevant to current debates over the regulation of pollution. Second, many studies examine a few routinely monitored pollutants in isolation, generally because of data limitations. We examine four criteria' pollutants in a common framework. Third, we develop an identification strategy based on within zip code variation in pollution levels that controls for potentially important unobserved characteristics of high pollution areas. Fourth, we use rich individual-level data to investigate effects of pollution on infant mortality, fetal deaths, low birth weight and prematurity in a common framework. We find that the reductions in carbon monoxide (CO) and particulates (PM10) over the 1990s in California saved over 1,000 infant lives. However, we find little consistent evidence of pollution effects on fetal deaths, low birth weight or short gestation"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

  • Currie, Janet M.
  • Neidell, Matthew, 1972-
  • National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2004.

Headings

  • -  Air--Pollution--Health aspects--California
  • -  Infants--Mortality--California

Notes

  • -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 1/21/2005.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Also available in print.
  • -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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  • HB1

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  • 2005616146

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Currie, Janet M, Matthew Neidell, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. Air pollution and infant health what can we learn from California's recent experience. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005616146/.

APA citation style:

Currie, J. M., Neidell, M. & National Bureau Of Economic Research. (2004) Air pollution and infant health what can we learn from California's recent experience. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005616146/.

MLA citation style:

Currie, Janet M, Matthew Neidell, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. Air pollution and infant health what can we learn from California's recent experience. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2005616146/>.