Environmental assessment of interventions to restrain the impact of industrial pollution using a quasi-experimental design: limitations of the interventions and recommendations for public health policy

• Main Authors: Emilio A. L. Gianicolo (Author), Marco Cervino (Author), Antonello Russo (Author), Susanne Singer (Author), Maria Blettner (Author), Cristina Mangia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In an industrial area, the asymmetry between the weights of the economic interests compared to the public-health needs can determine which interests are represented in decision-making processes. This might lead to partial interventions, whose impacts are not always evaluated. Thi...