Chapter title |
Urgency to Assess the Health Impact of Ambient Air Pollution in China
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Chapter number | 1 |
Book title |
Ambient Air Pollution and Health Impact in China
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-981-10-5657-4_1 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-9-81-105656-7, 978-9-81-105657-4
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Authors |
Bo-Yi Yang, Yimin Liu, Li-Wen Hu, Xiao-Wen Zeng, Guang-Hui Dong |
Abstract |
As the world's second-largest economy, China is going on suffering from environmental pollution, especially for ambient air pollution, which has become a major threat to public health; public awareness of the detrimental effects of air pollution on health is increasing-particularly in relation to haze days. Considering the nonlinear relationship of ambient air pollution exposure and health impacts, and the differences in specific sources of air pollution with those in North America and Europe, conducting health impact assessments of ambient air pollution in China has thus become an urgent task for public health practitioners. Systematic review of the health effects of exposure to ambient air pollution from quantitative studies conducted in Chinese could provide vital information for epidemiology-based health impact assessments and the implementation of a national environmental protection policy. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 29 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 14% |
Researcher | 4 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 14% |
Student > Master | 3 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 7% |
Other | 2 | 7% |
Unknown | 10 | 34% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 24% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 10% |
Sports and Recreations | 3 | 10% |
Environmental Science | 2 | 7% |
Social Sciences | 1 | 3% |
Other | 1 | 3% |
Unknown | 12 | 41% |