Quantifying the impact of current and future concentrations of air pollutants on respiratory disease risk in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Estimating the long-term health impact of air pollution in a spatio-temporal ecological study requires representative concentrations of air pollutants to be constructed for each geographical unit and time period. Averaging concentrations in space and time is commonly carried out, but little is known about how robust the estimated health effects are to different aggregation functions. A second under researched question is what impact air pollution is likely to have in the future.

Methods

We conducted a study for England between 2007 and 2011, investigating the relationship between respiratory hospital admissions and different pollutants: nitrogen dioxide (NO₂); ozone (O₃); particulate matter, the latter including particles with an aerodynamic

SUBMITTER: Pannullo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5368918 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature