Executive summary; Introduction; Chapter 1. Overview of the Risk Differences between Children and Adults; Chapter 2. Valuation Differences between Adults and Children; Chapter 3. Valuing Children's Health: Parental Perspectives; Chapter 4. Transferring Measures of Adult Health Benefits to Children; Chapter 5. Discounting of Children's Health: Conceptual and Practical Difficulties; Chapter 6. Economic Uncertainties in Valuing Reductions inChildren's Environmental Health Risks; Chapter 7. Willingness to Pay and Quality-Adjusted Life Years
Summary
The relationship between environment and childrens health has been the subject of increasing interest these last ten years. For instance, many OECD Member countries are reporting asthma epidemics exacerbated by air pollution: in the United States nearly 1 in 13 school-age children (approximately 4.8 million) has asthma, and the rate is increasing more rapidly in school-age children than in any other group. The importance of this issue has resulted in a growing number of epidemiological studies aiming at better understanding and better characterising the relationship between environmental poll
Analysis
Child health -- Economic aspects
Child health -- Environmental aspects
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
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