Ambient air pollution is associated with numerous adverse health impacts. Previous
assessments of global attributable disease burden have been limited to urban areas or by …

BACKGROUND: In recent years, Asia has experienced rapid economic growth and a
deteriorating environment caused by the increasing use of fossil fuels. Although the …

Background Air pollution is a major planetary health risk, with India estimated to have some
of the worst levels globally. To inform action at subnational levels in India, we estimated the …

Short-term effects of air pollution on mortality have been well documented in the literature
worldwide. Less is known about which subpopulations are more vulnerable to air pollution …

Mortality is the most important health effect of ambient air pollution and has been studied the
longest. The earliest evidence relates to fog episodes but with the development of more …

Assessing the benefits of projects and policies to reduce air pollution requires quantitative
knowledge about the relationship between exposure to air pollution and public health. This …

The disease burden of a population, and how that burden is distributed across different
subpopulations (eg infants, women), are important pieces of information for defining …

Objective Quantitative estimates of air pollution health impacts have become an increasingly
critical input to policy decisions. The WHO project “Health risks of air pollution in Europe …

Exposure to high levels of air pollution can cause a variety of adverse health outcomes. Air
quality in developed countries has been generally improved over the last three decades …

Background Long-term exposure to air pollution has been associated with mortality in urban
cohort studies. Few studies have investigated this association in large-scale population …