A joint ERS/ATS policy statement: what constitutes an adverse health effect of air pollution? An analytical framework
New York University · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · +24 more institutions
Abstract
The American Thoracic Society has previously published statements on what constitutes an adverse effect on health of air pollution in 1985 and 2000. We set out to update and broaden these past statements that focused primarily on effects on the respiratory system. Since then, many studies have documented effects of air pollution on other organ systems, such as on the cardiovascular and central nervous systems. In addition, many new biomarkers of effects have been developed and applied in air pollution studies.This current report seeks to integrate the latest science into a general framework for interpreting the adversity of the human health effects of air pollution. Rather than trying to provide a catalogue of…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 26.13
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 169
Authors
24- GDGeorge D. ThurstonCorresponding
New York University
- HMHoward M. Kipen
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
- IAIsabella Annesi‐Maesano
Inserm, Sorbonne Université, Institut Pierre Louis d‘Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique
- JRJohn R. Balmes
University of California, San Francisco, University of California, Berkeley
- RDRobert D. Brook
University of Michigan
Topics & keywords
- Air pollution
- Medicine
- Pollution
- Set (abstract data type)
- Human health
- Environmental health
- Adverse effect
- Statement (logic)