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Table 1 Risk estimates or dose-response coefficients for short and long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and O3

From: Climate change impacts on human health over Europe through its effect on air quality

Exposure and Reference

Outcome

Risk estimate

95% Confidence interval

Metric

Short term PM2.5 [7]

All cause

1.2% per 10 μg m−3

0.45, 2.0%

Daily mean

Long term PM2.5 [9]

All cause

0.3% per 1 μg m−3

0.1, 0.5%

Annual mean

Long term PM2.5 [7]

All cause

6.2% per 10 μg m−3

4.0, 8.3%

Annual mean

Short term O3 [8]

All cause

0.18% (EU) per 10 μg m−3

0.07, 0.30% (EU)

Daily mean O3

0.31% (USA) per 10 μg m−3

0.09, 0.52% (USA)

Short term O3 [7, 3]

All cause

0.29% per 10 μg m−3

0.14, 0.43%

Daily maximum 8-h O3

0.34% per 10 μg m −3

0.12, 0.56%

Long-term O3 [7] –based on [10]

Respiratory mortality

1.4% per 10 μg m−3

0.5, 2.4%

Daily maximum 8-h O3 [April-Sept]