title: An assessment of China's PM10-related health economic losses in 2009.
abstract: Using GIS software and based on exposure-response functions, this paper estimated the health-related economic losses that China suffered in 2009 due to the presence of particulate matter (PM(10)). The results show that China suffered a health-related economic loss due to PM(10) of US$ 106.5 billion, or 2.1% of China's GDP, for the year 2009. Some urban areas, including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, and Changsha, reported large health-related economic losses due to PM(10), with a value of US$ 1.5 million per square kilometre or greater. Some parts of Beijing, Ji'nan, and Chongqing reported health-related economic losses due to PM(10) as being greater than 4% of the 2009 GDP.
authors: Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CAMS), Beijing 100081, China.
authors: Qing
authors: Q
authors: Hou
authors: Xingqin
authors: X
authors: An
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Wang
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Tao
authors: Zhaobin
authors: Z
authors: Sun
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002947:Cities / Q000191:economics; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D059066:Gross Domestic Product; D017048:Health Care Costs; D062489:Health Impact Assessment / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D018803:Models, Economic; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000191:economics*
chemical_list: D052638:Particulate Matter