"What We Breathe Impacts Our Health: Improving Understanding of the Link between Air Pollution and Health"

J J West; A Cohen; F Dentener; B Brunekreef; T Zhu; B Armstrong; M L Bell; M Brauer; G Carmichael; D L Costa; D W Dockery; M Kleeman; M Krzyzanowski; N Kunzli; C Liousse; SCC Lung; R V Martin; U Poschl; C A Pope; J M Roberts; A G Russell; C Wiedinmyer

doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b03827

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"What We Breathe Impacts Our Health: Improving Understanding of the Link between Air Pollution and Health"

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"What We Breathe Impacts Our Health: Improving Understanding of the Link between Air Pollution and Health"

J J West, A Cohen, F Dentener, B Brunekreef, T Zhu, B Armstrong, M L Bell, M Brauer, G Carmichael, D L Costa, …

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Vol.50(10), pp.4895-4904

2016

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03827

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Abstract

Air pollution contributes to the premature deaths of millions of people each year around the world, and air quality problems are growing in many developing nations. While past policy efforts have succeeded in reducing particulate matter and trace gases in North America and Europe, adverse health effects are found at even these lower levels of air pollution. Future policy actions will benefit from improved understanding of the interactions and health effects of different chemical species and source categories. Achieving this new understanding requires air pollution scientists and engineers to work increasingly closely with health scientists. In particular, research is needed to better understand the chemical and physical properties of complex air pollutant mixtures, and to use new observations provided by satellites, advanced in situ measurement techniques, and distributed micro monitoring networks, coupled with models, to better characterize air pollution exposure for epidemiological and toxicological research, and to better quantify the effects of specific source sectors and mitigation strategies.

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Title: Subtitle: "What We Breathe Impacts Our Health: Improving Understanding of the Link between Air Pollution and Health"
Creators: J J West - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A Cohen - Health Effects Institute
F Dentener - European Commission
B Brunekreef - Utrecht University
T Zhu - Peking University
B Armstrong - University of London
M L Bell - Yale University
M Brauer - University of British Columbia
G Carmichael - University of Iowa
D L Costa
D W Dockery - Harvard University
M Kleeman - University of California, Davis
M Krzyzanowski - King's College London
N Kunzli - University of Basel
C Liousse - Université de Toulouse
SCC Lung
R V Martin - Dalhousie University
U Poschl - Max Planck Society
C A Pope - Brigham Young University
J M Roberts - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A G Russell - Georgia Institute of Technology
C Wiedinmyer - National Center for Atmospheric Research
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Vol.50(10), pp.4895-4904
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03827
ISSN: 1520-5851
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000066, name: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, award: 1R21ES022600-01; DOI: 10.13039/100000192, name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Language: English
Date published: 2016
Academic Unit: Nursing; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering
Record Identifier: 9984232160002771

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