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DrHeatherWalton

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Health
 
 
 
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Sir Michael Uren HubWhite City Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Walton:2015:10.1007/s00038-015-0690-y,
author = {Walton, HA and Anderson, HR and Mills, IC and Katsouyanni, E and Atkinson, R and Brunekreef, B and Cohen, A and Forastiere, F and Hurley, F and Krewski, D and Krzyzanowski, M},
doi = {10.1007/s00038-015-0690-y},
journal = {International Journal of Public Health},
pages = {619--627},
title = {Quantifying the health impacts of ambient air pollutants: recommendations of a WHO/Europe project},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0690-y},
volume = {60},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - ObjectiveQuantitative estimates of air pollution health impacts have become an increasingly critical input to policy decisions. The WHO project “Health risks of air pollution in Europe—HRAPIE” was implemented to provide the evidence-based concentration–response functions for quantifying air pollution health impacts to support the 2013 revision of the air quality policy for the European Union (EU).MethodsA group of experts convened by WHO Regional Office for Europe reviewed the accumulated primary research evidence together with some commissioned reviews and recommended concentration–response functions for air pollutant–health outcome pairs for which there was sufficient evidence for a causal association.ResultsThe concentration–response functions link several indicators of mortality and morbidity with short- and long-term exposure to particulate matter, ozone and nitrogen dioxide. The project also provides guidance on the use of these functions and associated baseline health information in the cost–benefit analysis.ConclusionsThe project results provide the scientific basis for formulating policy actions to improve air quality and thereby reduce the burden of disease associated with air pollution in Europe.
AU  - Walton,HA
AU  - Anderson,HR
AU  - Mills,IC
AU  - Katsouyanni,E
AU  - Atkinson,R
AU  - Brunekreef,B
AU  - Cohen,A
AU  - Forastiere,F
AU  - Hurley,F
AU  - Krewski,D
AU  - Krzyzanowski,M
DO  - 10.1007/s00038-015-0690-y
EP  - 627
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 0303-8408
SP  - 619
TI  - Quantifying the health impacts of ambient air pollutants: recommendations of a WHO/Europe project
T2  - International Journal of Public Health
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0690-y
UR  - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00038-015-0690-y
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/82518
VL  - 60
ER  -
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