Critiquing ‘Component C’-The Health Parameter of the Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index
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2023
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EPW
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Abstract
The comprehensive environmental pollution index has been applied to identify and monitor industrially polluted clusters in India. In the calculation of the CEPI, there is a health parameter (Component C), which uses local health-related data. The article draws attention to the gaps in the design and guidelines to calculate Component C.
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Non-communicable disease, Public health, Policy