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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (26): 277-280.

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Evaluation of economic cost of health effect due to inhalant particulate matter in air in the Yellow River Delta

  

  • Received:2012-02-13 Revised:2012-03-13 Online:2012-09-15 Published:2012-09-15

Abstract:

The health effect due to inhalant particulate matter of the Yellow River Delta was evaluated using Possion regression model.This article selected the exposure-response coefficient of the meta analysis result,combined with the statistical data about diseases.It concluded that the economic cost were 163.1369 million yuan by acute health effect and 33.4742 million yuan by the excess death in 2010, for reference concentration of 40 μg /m3.The total economic cost was 196.6111 million yuan,which accounted for 0.036% gross domestic product of the Yellow River Delta. It can not be ignored for the health effect by the inhalant particulate matter.