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Table 1 Concentration-response functions used in the assessments listed in Additional file 1

From: Ancillary human health benefits of improved air quality resulting from climate change mitigation

Mortality

Morbidity

Aaheim et al. 1999[153]

 

PM: Adult and infant [160]

Lung-cancer, acute and chronic respiratory symptoms, pseudo-croup, asthma [160]

Aunan et al. 2004[75]

 

PM10 (chronic): modified version of Pope et al. 1995 [160]

Outpatient visits, emergency room visits, hospital admissions, work loss days, acute respiratory symptoms in children and adults, chronic respiratory symptoms in children and adults, asthma attacks [161]

Burtraw et al. 2003[23]

 

PM10 and nitrates (acute) [162]

NOx: respiratory symptoms, eye irritation days, phlegm days [163]

Cifuentes et al. 2001[12, 42]

 

PM10 (acute and chronic):

Respiratory hospital admissions [171, 172], emergency department visits [173], chronic adult bronchitis [174], acute bronchitis in children [56], asthma attacks [175], work loss days [176], restricted activity days (RAD) [177–179], respiratory symptom days [180]

Adults [164–169]

 

Infants [84, 170]

 

O3 (acute) [50]

 

Dessus and O'Connor 2003[155]

 

PM10 (acute): Based on previously conducted literature reviews [181]

Respiratory hospital admissions, emergency room visits, RAD, MRAD, clinic visits for bronchitis for children <15 years, respiratory symptoms for adults and children, chronic bronchitis, chest discomfort, eye irritation, headaches. Based on previously conducted literature reviews [181, 182]

Dudek et al. 2003[156]

 

Did not apply concentration-response functions. Estimated changes in mortality based on baseline burden.

Respiratory disease and neoplasm. Did not apply concentration-response functions. Estimated changes in morbidity based on baseline burden.

Mazzi and Dowlatabadi 2007[157]

 

PM2.5 (chronic) [167, 183, 184]

Respiratory and cardiovascular (CVD) hospitalizations [185]

McKinley et al. 2005[49]

 

PM10 (acute and chronic) [167, 183, 186] O3 (acute) [187]

Chronic bronchitis [188], MRAD [176, 178], emergency room visits and hospital admissions: previously conducted review [189]

Wang and Smith 1999[15]

 

PM (acute and chronic) [190–192]

Respiratory hospital admissions [193], emergency room visits [194], RAD >16 years [177], acute bronchitis <16 years [195], asthma attacks per asthmatic [175, 196], respiratory symptoms [180], chronic bronchitis >16 years [174]

West et al. 2006[13]

 

O3 (acute) [51]

 
  1. Note: References for health endpoints refer to the concentration-response function applied.