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Ambient air pollution exposure estimation for the Global Burden of Disease 2013

Brauer, Michael and Freedman, Greg and Frostad, Joseph and van Donkelaar, Aaron and Martin, Randall V. and Dentener, Frank and Dingenen, Rita van and Estep, Kara and Amini, Heresh and Apte, Joshua S. and Balakrishnan, Kalpana and Barregard, Lars and Broday, David and Feigin, Valery and Ghosh, Santu and Hopke, Philip K. and Knibbs, Luke D. and Kokubo, Yoshihiro and Liu, Yang and Ma, Stefan and Morawska, Lidia and Sangrador, José Luis Texcalac and Shaddick, Gavin and Anderson, H. Ross and Vos, Theo and Forouzanfar, Mohammad H. and Burnett, Richard T. and Cohen, Aaron. (2016) Ambient air pollution exposure estimation for the Global Burden of Disease 2013. Environmental science & technology, 50 (1). pp. 79-88.

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Abstract

Exposure to ambient air pollution is a major risk factor for global disease. Assessment of the impacts of air pollution on population health and evaluation of trends relative to other major risk factors requires regularly updated, accurate, spatially resolved exposure estimates. We combined satellite-based estimates, chemical transport model simulations, and ground measurements from 79 different countries to produce global estimates of annual average fine particle (PM2.5) and ozone concentrations at 0.1° × 0.1° spatial resolution for five-year intervals from 1990 to 2010 and the year 2013. These estimates were applied to assess population-weighted mean concentrations for 1990-2013 for each of 188 countries. In 2013, 87% of the world's population lived in areas exceeding the World Health Organization Air Quality Guideline of 10 μg/m(3) PM2.5 (annual average). Between 1990 and 2013, global population-weighted PM2.5 increased by 20.4% driven by trends in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China. Decreases in population-weighted mean concentrations of PM2.5 were evident in most high income countries. Population-weighted mean concentrations of ozone increased globally by 8.9% from 1990-2013 with increases in most countries-except for modest decreases in North America, parts of Europe, and several countries in Southeast Asia.
Faculties and Departments:09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Public Health > Sozial- und Präventivmedizin > Air Pollution and Health (Künzli)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Former Units within Swiss TPH > Air Pollution and Health (Künzli)
UniBasel Contributors:Amini, Hassan
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
ISSN:1520-5851
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:30 Jun 2016 11:03
Deposited On:19 Apr 2016 12:05

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