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Quantifying the health impacts of ambient air pollutants: recommendations of a WHO/Europe project.

Héroux, M-E; Anderson, HR; Atkinson, R; Brunekreef, B; Cohen, A; Forastiere, F; Hurley, F; Katsouyanni, K; Krewski, D; Krzyzanowski, M; et al. Héroux, M-E; Anderson, HR; Atkinson, R; Brunekreef, B; Cohen, A; Forastiere, F; Hurley, F; Katsouyanni, K; Krewski, D; Krzyzanowski, M; Künzli, N; Mills, I; Querol, X; Ostro, B; Walton, H (2015) Quantifying the health impacts of ambient air pollutants: recommendations of a WHO/Europe project. Int J Public Health, 60 (5). pp. 619-627. ISSN 1661-8564 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0690-y
SGUL Authors: Anderson, Hugh Ross

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Quantitative estimates of air pollution health impacts have become an increasingly critical input to policy decisions. The WHO project "Health risks of air pollution in Europe--HRAPIE" was implemented to provide the evidence-based concentration-response functions for quantifying air pollution health impacts to support the 2013 revision of the air quality policy for the European Union (EU). METHODS: A group of experts convened by WHO Regional Office for Europe reviewed the accumulated primary research evidence together with some commissioned reviews and recommended concentration-response functions for air pollutant-health outcome pairs for which there was sufficient evidence for a causal association. RESULTS: The concentration-response functions link several indicators of mortality and morbidity with short- and long-term exposure to particulate matter, ozone and nitrogen dioxide. The project also provides guidance on the use of these functions and associated baseline health information in the cost-benefit analysis. CONCLUSIONS: The project results provide the scientific basis for formulating policy actions to improve air quality and thereby reduce the burden of disease associated with air pollution in Europe.

Item Type: Article
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Keywords: Air Pollutants, Air Pollution, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Environmental Exposure, Europe, Health Status, Humans, Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone, Particulate Matter, Research Design, Time Factors, World Health Organization, Humans, Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone, Air Pollutants, Air Pollution, Environmental Exposure, Health Status, Research Design, Time Factors, Cost-Benefit Analysis, World Health Organization, Europe, Particulate Matter, Air pollutants, Health impact assessment, Cost-benefit analysis, Particulate matter, Ozone, Nitrogen dioxide, Public Health, 1117 Public Health And Health Services
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH)
Journal or Publication Title: Int J Public Health
ISSN: 1661-8564
Language: eng
Dates:
DateEvent
July 2015Published
30 May 2015Published Online
11 May 2015Accepted
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Projects:
Project IDFunderFunder ID
07.0307/2012/626738/SUB/ENV.C3World Health Organizationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100004423
PubMed ID: 26024815
Web of Science ID: WOS:000356809400011
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/109522
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0690-y

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