Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Ambient PM_2.5 in Asia-Pacific: a Systematic Review of Cohort Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Health effects of long-term exposure to ambient PM_2.5 vary with regions, and 75% of the deaths attributable to PM_2.5 were estimated in Asia-Pacific in 2017. This systematic review aims to summarize the existing evidence from cohort studies on health effects of long-term exposure to ambient PM_2.5 in Asia-Pacific.

Recent findings

In Asia-Pacific, 60 cohort studies were conducted in Australia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea. They consistently supported associations of long-term exposure to PM_2.5 with increased all-cause/non-accidental and cardiovascular mortality as well as with incidence of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes mellitus, kidney diseases, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disea

SUBMITTER: Yang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9090712 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature