TY - JOUR
T1 - Air Quality and Under-five Mortality Rates in the Low-income Countries
AU - Gani, Azmat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/7/3
Y1 - 2015/7/3
N2 - Abstract: This study investigates the effects of air quality, measured by PM10 pollution, on mortality among children aged five years and less in the low-income category of countries. The empirical results obtained from three different estimation procedures consistently reveal that PM10 pollution is positively and statistically significantly correlated with deaths among children aged five years and less due to acute lower respiratory infections. The empirical findings also provide strong evidence that, other than PM10 pollution, health care spending, nutrition and immunisation against diphtheria are other significant determinants of mortality among children aged five years and less.
AB - Abstract: This study investigates the effects of air quality, measured by PM10 pollution, on mortality among children aged five years and less in the low-income category of countries. The empirical results obtained from three different estimation procedures consistently reveal that PM10 pollution is positively and statistically significantly correlated with deaths among children aged five years and less due to acute lower respiratory infections. The empirical findings also provide strong evidence that, other than PM10 pollution, health care spending, nutrition and immunisation against diphtheria are other significant determinants of mortality among children aged five years and less.
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U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2014.963565
DO - 10.1080/00220388.2014.963565
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84940453680
SN - 0022-0388
VL - 51
SP - 851
EP - 864
JO - Journal of Development Studies
JF - Journal of Development Studies
IS - 7
ER -