A New Global Air Quality Health Index Based on the WHO Air Quality Guideline Values With Application in Cape Town.
Autor: | Adebayo-Ojo TC; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland., Wichmann J; Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa., Arowosegbe OO; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Probst-Hensch N; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland., Schindler C; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland., Künzli N; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.; Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), Zürich, Switzerland. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | International journal of public health [Int J Public Health] 2023 Oct 23; Vol. 68, pp. 1606349. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 23 (Print Publication: 2023). |
DOI: | 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606349 |
Abstrakt: | Objectives: This study developed an Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) based on global scientific evidence and applied it to data from Cape Town, South Africa. Methods: Effect estimates from two global systematic reviews and meta-analyses were used to derive the excess risk (ER) for PM Competing Interests: The authors declare that they do not have any conflicts of interest. (Copyright © 2023 Adebayo-Ojo, Wichmann, Arowosegbe, Probst-Hensch, Schindler and Künzli.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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