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Value of a statistical life estimation of carcinogenic chemicals for socioeconomic analysis in Korea

OBJECTIVES: To protect public health from risk, the Minister of Environment in Korea legislated an act concerning the registration and evaluation of chemical substances. In this study, we estimated the value of a statistical life (VSL) of carcinogenic chemicals to evaluate the socioeconomic analysis...

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Autores principales: Lee, Geonwoo, Lee, Yongjin, Lee, Hanseul, Hong, Jiyeon, Yang, Jiyeon
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Environmental Health and Toxicology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26206366
http://dx.doi.org/10.5620/eht.s2015005
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author Lee, Geonwoo
Lee, Yongjin
Lee, Hanseul
Hong, Jiyeon
Yang, Jiyeon
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Lee, Yongjin
Lee, Hanseul
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Yang, Jiyeon
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description OBJECTIVES: To protect public health from risk, the Minister of Environment in Korea legislated an act concerning the registration and evaluation of chemical substances. In this study, we estimated the value of a statistical life (VSL) of carcinogenic chemicals to evaluate the socioeconomic analysis in Korea. METHODS: The estimation of the health benefit can be calculated through an individual’s VSL and willingness to pay (WTP). To estimate the VSL and WTP, we used a contingent valuation method through a web-based survey. RESULTS: The survey is conducted with 1434 people living in Seoul and six large cities. An analysis of the survey is essential to review the distribution of the characteristics of the target population. The statistically significant variables affecting the WTP are location, age, household income, quality of life. Through the review of data, we secured statistical validity. The WTP was estimated as 41205 Korean won (KRW)/person, and the estimated VSL appeared as 796 million KRW/person. CONCLUSIONS: There is a case in which the amount of statistical life value is estimated in connection with domestic environmental policy, fine dust, etc. However, there are no cases of evaluation for chemical. The utilization of this result is possible for conducting other study with chemicals.
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spelling pubmed-45401282015-08-21 Value of a statistical life estimation of carcinogenic chemicals for socioeconomic analysis in Korea Lee, Geonwoo Lee, Yongjin Lee, Hanseul Hong, Jiyeon Yang, Jiyeon Environ Health Toxicol Brief Report OBJECTIVES: To protect public health from risk, the Minister of Environment in Korea legislated an act concerning the registration and evaluation of chemical substances. In this study, we estimated the value of a statistical life (VSL) of carcinogenic chemicals to evaluate the socioeconomic analysis in Korea. METHODS: The estimation of the health benefit can be calculated through an individual’s VSL and willingness to pay (WTP). To estimate the VSL and WTP, we used a contingent valuation method through a web-based survey. RESULTS: The survey is conducted with 1434 people living in Seoul and six large cities. An analysis of the survey is essential to review the distribution of the characteristics of the target population. The statistically significant variables affecting the WTP are location, age, household income, quality of life. Through the review of data, we secured statistical validity. The WTP was estimated as 41205 Korean won (KRW)/person, and the estimated VSL appeared as 796 million KRW/person. CONCLUSIONS: There is a case in which the amount of statistical life value is estimated in connection with domestic environmental policy, fine dust, etc. However, there are no cases of evaluation for chemical. The utilization of this result is possible for conducting other study with chemicals. The Korean Society of Environmental Health and Toxicology 2015-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4540128/ /pubmed/26206366 http://dx.doi.org/10.5620/eht.s2015005 Text en Copyright © 2015 The Korean Society of Environmental Health and Toxicology This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hong, Jiyeon
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title_full_unstemmed Value of a statistical life estimation of carcinogenic chemicals for socioeconomic analysis in Korea
title_short Value of a statistical life estimation of carcinogenic chemicals for socioeconomic analysis in Korea
title_sort value of a statistical life estimation of carcinogenic chemicals for socioeconomic analysis in korea
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26206366
http://dx.doi.org/10.5620/eht.s2015005
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