A New Global Air Quality Health Index Based on the WHO Air Quality Guideline Values With Application in Cape Town

被引：4

作者：

Adebayo-Ojo, Temitope Christina ^{[1
,2
]}

Wichmann, Janine ^{[3
]}

Arowosegbe, Oluwaseyi Olalekan ^{[4
,5
]}

Probst-Hensch, Nicole ^{[1
,2
]}

Schindler, Christian ^{[1
,2
]}

Kunzli, Nino ^{[1
,2
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Swiss Trop & Publ Hlth Inst, Dept Epidemiol & Publ Hlth, Basel, Switzerland

[2] Univ Basel, Basel, Switzerland

[3] Univ Pretoria, Fac Hlth Sci, Sch Hlth Syst & Publ Hlth, Pretoria, South Africa

[4] Imperial Coll London, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, London, England

[5] Imperial Coll London, MRC Ctr Environm & Hlth, Sch Publ Hlth, London, England

[6] Swiss Sch Publ Hlth SSPH, Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2023年 / 68卷

基金：

英国科研创新办公室;

关键词：

air pollution; air quality guidelines; health effects; globalized air quality health index; air quality regulations; SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; NITROGEN-DIOXIDE; DAILY MORTALITY; POLLUTION; RISK;

D O I：

10.3389/ijph.2023.1606349

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Objectives: This study developed an Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) based on global scientific evidence and applied it to data from Cape Town, South Africa.Methods: Effect estimates from two global systematic reviews and meta-analyses were used to derive the excess risk (ER) for PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2 and O3. Single pollutant AQHIs were developed and scaled using the ERs at the WHO 2021 long-term Air Quality Guideline (AQG) values to define the upper level of the "low risk" range. An overall daily AQHI was defined as weighted average of the single AQHIs.Results: Between 2006 and 2015, 87% of the days posed "moderate to high risk" to Cape Town's population, mainly due to PM10 and NO2 levels. The seasonal pattern of air quality shows "high risk" occurring mostly during the colder months of July-September.Conclusion: The AQHI, with its reference to the WHO 2021 long-term AQG provides a global application and can assist countries in communicating risks in relation to their daily air quality.

引用

页数：8

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