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Ambient Air Pollution and Health Impact in China

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Ambient air pollution has been an important environmental issue in most areas of China. This chapter summarized the mortality effects of short-term and long-term exposures to various air pollutants among Chinese population. The literature review identified sufficient information to support significant short-term mortality effects of various air pollutants from time series analyses and case-crossover studies, such as PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2, and O3. On the other hand, though the literature review suggested a positive effect of long-term exposure to air pollution on mortality and lung cancer risk, the evidence has been limited among Chinese population, indicating that more studies, especially cohort studies, are warranted.

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This study was supported by the Guangdong Medical Foundation (A2017269), Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Program (2016A020223008), and Key Special Project of National Key Research and Development Plan Program (2016YFC0207000).

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Lin, H. et al. (2017). Air Pollution and Mortality in China. In: Dong, GH. (eds) Ambient Air Pollution and Health Impact in China. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1017. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5657-4_5

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