Measuring the Economic Costs of Morbidity and Mortality of Urban Air Pollution in Bangalore and Hyderabad Cities and the Suitability of WHO Methodology – Environmental Burden of Disease
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Urban air pollution is an important environmental factor that is effecting a large portion of urban dwellers in developing economies. Due to the limitations of dose and impact nature, direct measurement of negative implications of urban air pollution is difficult and WHO has developed indirect methods such as Environmental Burden of Disease. However, in this study to measure the economic costs of urban air pollution, we find that WHO methodology needs modifications to suit local conditions.
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