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1、EnvironResourceEcon(2011)50:495514DOI10.1007/s10640-011-9479-5IndoorAirPollutionandChildrensHealth:NetBene?tsfromStoveandBehavioralInterventionsinRuralChinaFeiYuAccepted:13April2011/Publishedonline:6May2011?SpringerScience+BusinessMediaB.V.2011AbstractIndoorairpollution(IAP)fromcookingandheatings

2、tovesisamajorcauseofacuterespiratoryinfections(ARI)andaserioushealthriskindevelopingcountries.Thispaperexaminesimprovementsinrespiratoryhealthforchildren?veandunderinruralChinaresultingfromstoveandbehaviouralinterventionstoreduceIAP.TheanalysisusesdatafromaWorldBank/GovernmentofChinaprojectcomple

3、tedin2006,wherebyalargenumberofruralhouseholdsfromfourprovincesinChinaweresubjecttodifferentcombinationsofstoveimprovementandbehaviouralinterventionstoreduceIAPlevelsandexposure.Differ-ence-in-differenceandmatchingmodelsshowthatbothstoveandbehaviouralinterventionswereeffectiveinreducingtheinciden

4、ceofARI,althoughthelatteraremorecosteffective.KeywordsIndoorAirPollution·EnvironmentalValuation·Health1IntroductionIndoorairpollution(IAP)isaleadinghealthriskfactorforruralhouseholdsindevelop-ingcountries,whichranksasthefourthmostimportantcauseoflossofahealthylife(DALYs)1indevelopingcountries(Ezz

5、atiandBaris2007).Womenandchildrenarepartic-ularlyaffectedbyIAP,asnormallytheyareinthecookingareaorhomeenvironmentmuchlongerthanotherfamilymembers.Thecombinationofheavyrelianceonsolidfuel(biomassandcoal)andlowef?ciencystoves,togetherwithpoorventilation,resultsindangerouslev-elsofpollutantsinthefor

6、mofgasesandsuspendedparticulates(Smith,1999).AlthoughdetailedepidemiologicalandtoxicologicalresearchonthehealtheffectsofIAPisstillatan1Disability-adjustedlifeyears(DALYs)losttomortalityisthetotaldiscountedvalueofyearslosttoprematuredeath.DALYslosttodisabilityarebasedontheincidenceanddurationofvar

7、ioustypesofdisabilityweightedtoaccountfortheseverityofthedisabilitycomparedtolossoflife.TotalDALYsresultfromthesumofDALYslosttomortalityanddisability,adjustedbyadiscountratesothatyearsoflifelostatdifferentagesaregivend