The construction and validity assessment of the respiratory air quality health index (AQHI) based on the analytic hierarchy process in Tianjin, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Air quality health index (AQHI), as a developed air quality risk communication tool, has been proved to be more accurate in predicting air quality related health risks than air quality index (AQI) by previous studies. However, the standard method to construct AQHI is summing the excess risks of single-pollutant models directly, which may ignore the joint effect of air pollutant mixtures.

Methods

In this study, a new method which could solve the aforementioned problem, Analytic hierarchy process (AHP), was introduced. Based on this method, we constructed the respiratory health related AQHI using years of life lost (YLL) as indicator of health outcome and compared its validity with AQI.

Results

There was a correlation between daily AQI and AQHI in 2019 (R

SUBMITTER: Zeng Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11492774 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature