| Main Title |
Expert Judgment Assessment of the Concentration-Response Relationship Between PM(2.5) Exposure and Mortality. |
| CORP Author |
Industrial Economics, Inc., Cambridge, MA.; Abt Associates, Inc., Bethesda, MD.; Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. |
| Year Published |
2004 |
| Stock Number |
PB2013-106312 |
| Additional Subjects |
Ambient fine particle matter ;
Air quality ;
Mortality ;
Health benefits ;
Emissions ;
Regulations ;
Deaths
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| NTIS |
PB2013-106312 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
94p |
| Abstract |
The effect of changes in ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) levels on mortality constitutes a key component of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) approach for assessing potential health benefits associated with air quality regulations targeting emissions of PM2.5 and its precursors. Avoided premature deaths constitute, on a dollars basis, between 85 and 95 percent of the benefits reported in EPAs retrospective and prospective Section 812A benefit-cost analyses of the Clean Air Act (U.S. EPA, 1997 and 1999) and in Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIAs) for rules such as the Heavy Duty Diesel Engine/Fuel Rule (U.S. EPA, 2000). Uncertainties regarding the mortality effects of PM2.5 exposure could have a significant impact on the range of plausible benefit values associated with air pollution regulations and on the interpretation of the results of benefit analyses. |
