After years of intensive research and deliberations with experts across the globe, the World
Health Organization (WHO) updated its 2005 Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQG) in …

Abstract Objectives The World Health Organization has developed ambient air quality
guidelines at levels considered to be safe or of acceptable risk for human health. These …

This document summarizes key WHO publications in the field of air quality and health since
the 1950s, which led to the development of the series of WHO air quality guidelines. It …

Air pollution is a recent public health issue. In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO)
published updated air quality guidelines for a number of air pollutants (including PM10 and …

Air pollution is estimated to contribute to approximately 7 million premature deaths, of which
around 4.5 million deaths are linked to ambient (outdoor) air pollution (Murray et al. 2020) …

Air pollution is a leading cause of death globally and has resulted in the loss of millions of
healthy years of life. Moreover, the health burden has fallen disproportionately upon people …

Abstract “Air pollution and population health” is one of the most important environmental and
public health issues. Economic development, urbanization, energy consumption …

This article describes the WHO Air Quality Guidelines and highlights two projects that were
initiated to update the risk assessment of the main air pollutants:“Systematic Review of …

This paper aims to serve as an introduction to the Special Issue in Environment International
entitled “Update of the WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines: Systematic Reviews”. The article …

After the accumulation of evidence over 16 years since the last global update in 2005, WHO
has released updated global air quality guidelines. 1 The new reference values are …