ABSTRACT
Upon competition of a ten year research project which analyzes the effect of air pollution and death rates in US cities, Lester B. Lave and Eugene P. Seskin conclude that the mortality rate in the US could shrink by seven percent with a similar if not greater decline in disease incidence if industries followed EPA regulations in cutting back on certain pollutant emissions. The authors claim that this reduction is sufficient to add one year to average life expectancy. Originally published in 1977.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section I|25 pages
Background and theoretical framework
section II|133 pages
Cross-sectional analysis of U.S. SMSAs, 1960, 1961, and 1969
section III|46 pages
Annual and daily time-series analyses
section IV|64 pages
Policy implications