Establishment of exposure-response functions of air particulate matter and adverse health outcomes in China and worldwide.
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.
Kan
Hai-Dong
HD
Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. hdkan@shmu.edu.cn
Chen
Bing-Heng
BH
Chen
Chang-Hong
CH
Wang
Bing-Yan
BY
Fu
Qing-Yan
QY
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
D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust