AIR POLLUTION IN INDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF DIFFERENT INCOME GROUPS -- NOTICE TO THE READER -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. SOURCES OF POLLUTION -- 1.2. AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH -- 1.3. FEATURES OF THE MAJOR POLLUTANTS AND LIKELY IMPACTS ON HEALTH -- 1.4. STATUS OF AIR POLLUTION IN MEGA CITIES OF THE WORLD -- 1.5. POLLUTION, HEALTH AND POVERTY -- 1.6. INDIAN SCENARIO -- Approach of the Book -- STATUS OF AIR POLLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON HEALTH IN INDIA AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 2.1. THE EVIDENCE OF AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS ON HEALTH -- 2.2. IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION ON HEALTH IN INDIA -- 2.3. VALUATION OF HEALTH COST -- MODEL FORMULATION -- ADVANTAGE OF THE FRAMEWORK -- MODEL 1 -- I) Emission Model -- II) Structural Decomposition Analysis -- MODEL 2 -- Extension of Model 1 -- DATA SOURCE AND PROCESSING -- AGGREGATION OF INPUT-OUTPUT TABLE -- PRICE INDICES -- ENERGY DATA -- NSSO -- MODEL ESTIMATION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS -- 5.1. ENERGY SCENARIO IN INDIA -- 5.2. EMISSION SCENARIO IN INDIA -- 5.3. RESULTS BASED ON MODEL 1 -- Total Emission -- 5.3.1. Sector-Specific Intensity of CO2, SO2 and NOx during 1983-84 to 2003-4 -- 5.3.2. Results based on Structural Decomposition Analysis(SDA) -- 5.4. RESULTS BASED ON MODEL 2 -- Role of Income Distribution -- Changes in Intensity -- Technological change -- Changes in Final Demand -- A MICRO STUDY BASED ON HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, CALCUTTA -- 6.1. ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH RELATED PROBLEMS IN CALCUTTA -- 6.2. STUDY SITE -- 6.2.1. Description of the Study Site -- 6.2.2. Survey Methodology -- 6.2.3. General Information Collected -- 6.3 FEATURES OF THE SURVEYED HOUSEHOLD -- 6.3.1.Tollygounge -- 6.3.2 Baranagar -- MODELING THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION -- 7.1. LITERATURE ON DOSE RESPONSE STUDY.

7.2. ECONOMETRIC SPECIFICATION AND ESTIMATION -- 7.3. DATA -- 7.4. RELATION BETWEEN ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND DISEASE BURDEN -- Higher Income Group -- Middle Income Group -- Lower Income Group -- 7.5. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISEASE BURDEN AND EXPOSURE TO POLLUTION -- Higher Income Group -- Middle Income Group -- Lower Income Group -- CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A1 Estimated Total Deaths ('000), by Major Causes in Asian Developing Countries, 2002 -- APPENDIX A2 Estimated Total DALYs ('000), by Major Causes in Asian Developing Countries, 2002 -- APPENDIX B -- APPENDIX B3 -- APPENDIX C -- APPENDIX D -- APPENDIX E -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.