title: Establishment of exposure-response functions of air particulate matter and adverse health outcomes in China and worldwide.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To obtain the exposure-response functions that could be used in health-based risk assessment of particulate air pollution in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Meta analysis was conducted on the literatures on air particulate matter and its adverse health outcomes in China and worldwide.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For each health outcome from morbidity to mortality changes, the relative risks were estimated when the concentration of air particulate matter increased to some certain units.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The exposure-response functions recommended here can be further applied to health risk assessment of air particulate matter in China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. hdkan@shmu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Hai-Dong
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.forename: Bing-Heng
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chang-Hong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Bing-Yan
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qing-Yan
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000633:toxicity*; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D029481:Bronchitis, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D004391:Dust; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D010316:Particle Size; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust