Chapter title |
Comparison of Health Impact of Air Pollution Between China and Other Countries
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Chapter number | 9 |
Book title |
Ambient Air Pollution and Health Impact in China
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-981-10-5657-4_9 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-9-81-105656-7, 978-9-81-105657-4
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Authors |
Linwei Tian, Shengzhi Sun, Tian, Linwei, Sun, Shengzhi |
Abstract |
Air pollution is the world's largest single environmental risk according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which caused around seven million deaths in 2012. Extensive epidemiological studies have been carried out worldwide to examine the health impacts of ambient air pollution, consistently demonstrating significant health impacts of ambient air pollution. Air pollution problem in China is especially serious; it has become the fourth biggest threat to the health of the Chinese people. In this review, we summarized existing literature, compared health impact of air pollution between China and other countries, and found substantial heterogeneity in the risk estimates of air pollution. The effect heterogeneities may be due to the differences in the characteristics of populations (e.g., the proportion of the elder population and people with preexisting diseases), exposure profile (e.g., air pollution concentrations and composition), and regional climate. Although the magnitude of relative risk estimates of air pollution is generally similar with that in other parts of the world, air pollution is one of China's most serious environmental health problems given the huge number of people exposed to high concentration levels of air pollution in China. |
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