Particulate air pollution, birth outcomes, and infant mortality: Evidence from Japan's automobile emission control law of 1992

This study investigates the impacts of the Automobile NOx Law of 1992 on ambient air pollutants and fetal and infant health outcomes in Japan. Using panel data taken from more than 1500 monitoring stations between 1987 and 1997, we find that NOx and SO2 levels reduced by 5% and 11%, respectively in...

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Main Authors: Tatsuki Inoue, Nana Nunokawa, Daisuke Kurisu, Kota Ogasawara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
Subjects:
I18
N30
N35
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827319304616