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2012

people around the world have been asked about their willingness to pay for small reduction in mortality risks. The analysis … the risk reduction people have been asked to value were found to be the factors having the strongest impact on VSL, but a … fatality risk reductions can play an important role in the development of more cost-effective public policies. …

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Assessing Microbial Safety of Drinking Water : Improving Approaches and Methods

2003

Inadequate drinking water and sanitation are amongst the world's major causes of preventable morbidity and mortality …

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Economic Valuation of Environmental Health Risks to Children

2006

in risk to children. Questions such as how to elicit children’s preferences, what valuation methodology and benefit …

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Dangerous Fakes : Trade in Counterfeit Goods that Pose Health, Safety and Environmental Risks

OECD; Europäische Union / Amt für Geistiges Eigentum - 2022

Illicit trade in counterfeit goods causes economic damage by reducing sales and profits as well as innovation incentives in legitimate industries. At the same time, some counterfeits can be of low quality and create significant additional risks, including health risks (fake pharmaceuticals or...

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Economic valuation of environmental health risks to children

OECD - 2006

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Health risks

OECD - 20XX

Health risks relate to non-medical determinants of health. Risk factors are any attribute, characteristic or exposure … important risk factors are tobacco and alcohol consumption, and being overweight or obese. …

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Improving Value in Health Care : Measuring Quality

2010

Are breast cancer survival rates higher in the United States than in the United Kingdom and France? Are a patient's chances of dying within 30 days after admission to a hospital with a heart attack lower in Canada than in Korea? Are surgeons in some countries more likely to leave “foreign...

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Management of water projects : decision-making and investment appraisal

1985

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Test No. 309: Aerobic Mineralisation in Surface Water Simulation Biodegradation Test

2004

The purpose of this test is to measure the time course of biodegradation of a test substance at low concentration in aerobic natural water and to quantify the observations in the form of kinetic rate expressions. The test is performed in batch by “pelagic test” or “suspended sediment...

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Test No. 112: Dissociation Constants in Water

1981

This Test Guideline describes the methods allowing the determination of the dissociation constants in water. The dissociation is the reversible splitting into two or more chemical species which may be ionic. The determination of the dissociation constant requires a measure of the concentrations...

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