Quantifying the health impacts of outdoor air pollution: useful estimations for public health action

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 480-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Medina ◽  
Ferran Ballester ◽  
Olivier Chanel ◽  
Christophe Declercq ◽  
Mathilde Pascal
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Outdoor Air ◽  
Public Health Action ◽  
Outdoor Air Pollution ◽  
Health Action

scholarly journals Outdoor air pollution in India is not only an urban problem

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (46) ◽  
pp. 28640-28644
Author(s):  
A. R. Ravishankara ◽  
Liji M. David ◽  
Jeffrey R. Pierce ◽  
Chandra Venkataraman
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Outdoor Air ◽  
Urban Regions ◽  
Outdoor Air Pollution ◽  
Premature Deaths ◽  
Urban Problem

Urban outdoor air pollution in the developing world, mostly due to particulate matter with diameters smaller than 2.5 µm (PM2.5), has been highlighted in recent years. It leads to millions of premature deaths. Outdoor air pollution has also been viewed mostly as an urban problem. We use satellite-derived demarcations to parse India’s population into urban and nonurban regions, which agrees with the census data. We also use the satellite-derived surface PM2.5levels to calculate the health impacts in the urban and nonurban regions. We show that outdoor air pollution is just as severe in nonurban regions as in the urban regions of India, with implications to monitoring, regulations, health, and policy.

scholarly journals Local action on outdoor air pollution to improve public health

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 557-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sotiris Vardoulakis ◽  
Rachel Kettle ◽  
Paul Cosford ◽  
Paul Lincoln ◽  
Stephen Holgate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Local Action ◽  
Outdoor Air ◽  
Outdoor Air Pollution

scholarly journals Outdoor air pollution and cancer: An overview of the current evidence and public health recommendations

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 460-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle C. Turner ◽  
Zorana J. Andersen ◽  
Andrea Baccarelli ◽  
W. Ryan Diver ◽  
Susan M. Gapstur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Outdoor Air ◽  
Outdoor Air Pollution

scholarly journals Desert Dust, Industrialization, and Agricultural Fires: Health Impacts of Outdoor Air Pollution in Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 124 (7) ◽  
pp. 4104-4120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne E. Bauer ◽  
Ulas Im ◽  
Keren Mezuman ◽  
Chloe Y. Gao
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Outdoor Air ◽  
Desert Dust ◽  
Outdoor Air Pollution

Personal Interventions to Reduce Exposure to Outdoor Air Pollution

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Laumbach ◽  
Kevin R. Cromar
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Outdoor Air ◽  
Outdoor Air Pollution ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Many Sources

Unhealthy levels of air pollution are breathed by billions of people worldwide, and air pollution is the leading environmental cause of death and disability globally. Efforts to reduce air pollution at its many sources have had limited success, and in many areas of the world, poor air quality continues to worsen. Personal interventions to reduce exposure to air pollution include avoiding sources, staying indoors, filtering indoor air, using face masks, and limiting physical activity when and where air pollution levels are elevated. The effectiveness of these interventions varies widely with circumstances and conditions of use. Compared with upstream reduction or control of emissions, personal interventions place burdens and risk of adverse unintended consequences on individuals. We review evidence regarding the balance of benefits and potential harms of personal interventions for reducing exposure to outdoor air pollution, which merit careful consideration before making public health recommendations with regard to who should use personal interventions and where, when, and how they should be used. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Public Health, Volume 43 is April 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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