Exposure to outdoor air pollution and its human-related health outcomes: an evidence gap map.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Outdoor air pollution is a serious environmental problem worldwide. Current systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) mostly focused on some specific health outcomes or some specific air pollution.

Design

This evidence gap map (EGM) is to identify existing gaps from SRs and MAs and report them in broad topic areas.

Data sources

PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus and Web of Science were searched from their inception until June 2018. Citations and reference lists were traced.

Eligibility criteria

SRs and MAs that investigated the impact of outdoor air pollution on human health outcomes were collected. This study excluded original articles and qualitative review articles.

Data extraction and synthesis

Characteristics of the included SRs and MAs were

SUBMITTER: Sun Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6924861 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature