Concepedia

Potential Cardiovascular and Total Mortality Benefits of Air Pollution Control in Urban China

Chen Huang, Andrew E. Moran, Pamela G. Coxson, Xueli Yang, Fangchao Liu, Jie Cao, Kai Chen, Miao Wang, Jiang He, Lee Goldman,

Circulation · 2017 · 57 citations · 31 references

DOIFull text

Open access

Abstract

Air quality improvement in different scenarios could lead to graded health benefits ranging from 241 000 life-years gained to much greater benefits equal to or greater than the combined benefits of 25% improvement in systolic hypertension control and 30% smoking reduction.

References

31

Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015

Aaron J. Cohen, Michael Bräuer, Richard Burnett et al. · The Lancet · 2017 · 6.3K citations · Full text

World Urbanization Prospects: The 1996 Revision

Martin Brockerhoff, United Nations · Population and Development Review · 1998 · 5.9K citations

, , +6

US Environmental Protection Agency

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 5.9K citations

, , +9

The contribution of outdoor air pollution sources to premature mortality on a global scale

Jos Lelieveld, John S. Evans, Mohammed S. Fnais et al. · Nature · 2015 · 5.9K citations · Full text

, , +7

Rapid health transition in China, 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

Gonghuan Yang, Yu Wang, Yi‐Xin Zeng et al. · The Lancet · 2013 · 2K citations · Full text