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Jean Vasile Andrei1, Sorin Avram1, Irina Băncescu1
1National Institute for Economic Research "Costin C. Kirițescu", Bucharest, Romania.
Purpose:
This paper studies the relationships between air pollutants (PM10, PM2.5, N2O) and different diseases (tumors, skin and respiratory) and the factors influencing air pollutant emissions in Romania.
Methods:
The methods are Toda-Yamamoto procedure of non-causality Granger test, grey relational analysis and logarithmic mean Divisia index method (LMDI).
Results:
Air pollutants intensities dropped significantly over 2008-2017 period due to structural changes. The only economic activity that showed an increase both in volume and intensity of air pollutants, despite a downward trend of farming activities output is agriculture. Technology improvements play a significant role in mitigation of PM2.5 emissions and a moderate role in mitigation of PM10 emissions. For N2O emissions technology used contributed to an increase of N2O intensities.
Conclusion:
Health policy makers should address the issue of technology improvements and mitigation of agriculture emissions to improve health of individuals and air quality.
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