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 …

Based on a systematic review of literature on adverse health effects of air pollution, the
World Health Organization has updated its Air Quality Guidelines in 2005. The current …

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 …

The main objective of these updated global guidelines is to offer health-based air quality
guideline levels, expressed as long-term or short-term concentrations for six key air …

This book presents revised guideline values for the four most common air pollutants-
particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide-based on a recent review of …

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 …

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

An estimated 7 million people die every year as a result of exposure to air pollution, the
overwhelming majority of whom live in low-income and middle-income countries. Health …

The risks posed to human health by air pollution have been evaluated since the 1950s and
guideline values were derived in 1958. In 1987, the WHO Regional Office for Europe EURO …

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 …