Long-term exposure to urban air pollution and lung cancer mortality: A 12-year cohort study in Northern China

Chen, Xi; Zhang, Liwen; Huang, Jia ju; Song, Feng; Zhang, Luo ping; Qian, Zheng min; Trevathan, Edwin; Mao, Hong jun; Han, Bin; Vaughn, Michael G.; Chen, Kexin; Liu, Ya min; Chen, Jie; Zhao, Bao xin; Jiang, Guo hong; Gu, Qing; Bai, Zhi; Dong, Guang‐Hui; Tang, Nai jun

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.064

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“…Along with the substantial development in the past decades, China is suffering severe air pollution, causing significant economic loss and health outcomes (Han et al, 2016a;Huang et al, 2012;Cheng et al, 2013;Chai et al, 2014;Zhao et al, 2013;Chen et al, 2016;Cao et al, 2011;Richter et al, 2005;Zhang et al, 2012b). With the expectation of controlling air pollution problem, the Chinese government released and implemented the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (the "Action Plan") in September 2013 (China, 2019b).…”

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Severe air pollution events not avoided by reduced anthropogenic activities during COVID-19 outbreak

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Severe air pollution events not avoided by reduced anthropogenic activities during COVID-19 outbreak

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“…Ambient air pollution resulting from the rapid economic development and industrial production in China has exerted a significant influence on socio-economic activities and public health, especially in the densely populated urban areas. As a substantial number of diseases have been reported to have a close connection to the severity of air pollution, urban air quality has caught the attention from both governments and individuals (Lelieveld et al, 2015;Li et al, 2015;Chen et al, 2016;Liu et al, 2016;Liu et al, 2017;Qin et al, 2017). To address this concern, the central government of China has adopted a series of new policies to strengthen the environmental management (Hu et al, 2015).…”

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Spatiotemporal characteristics of urban air quality in China and geographic detection of their determinants

Zhu

Gong

2018

J. Geogr. Sci.

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Ambient air pollution brought by the rapid economic development and industrial production in China has exerted a significant influence on socio-economic activities and public health, especially in the densely populated urban areas. Therefore, scientific examination of regional variation of urban air quality and its dominant factors is of great importance to regional environmental management. Based on daily air quality index (AQI) datasets spanning from 2014 to 2016, this study analysed the spatiotemporal characteristics of air quality across different regions throughout China and ascertained the determinants of urban air quality in disparate regions. The main findings are as follows: (1) The annual average value of the urban AQI in China decreased from 2014 to 2016, indicating a desirable trend in air quality at the national scale.(2) The attainment rate of the urban AQI exhibited an apparent spatially stratified heterogeneity, wherein North China retained a high AQI value. The increase of Moran's I Index reported an apparent spillover effect among adjacent regions. (3) Both at the national and regional scales, the seasonal tendency of air quality in each year is similar, wherein good in summer and relatively poor in winter. (4) Results drawn from the Geographic Detector analysis show that dominant factors influencing AQI vary significantly across urban agglomerations. Topographical and meteorological variations in urban areas may lead to complex spatiotemporal variations in pollutant concentration. Whereas given the same natural conditions, the human-dominated factors, such as industrial structure and urban form, exert significant impacts on urban air quality.The spatial spillover effects and regional heterogeneity of urban air quality illustrated in this study suggest the governments and institutions should set priority to the importance of regional cooperation and collaboration in light of environment regulation and pollution prevention.

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“…So, this exposure–effect relationship reported from IARC does not accurately depict the effects of air pollution in China. The results from the China Four Cities Study, a 12‐year retrospective cohort of 39 054 participants, showed that each 10 μg/m 3 increase in PM 10 concentration was associated with a 65% (95% CI: 1.527–1.791) increase in lung cancer mortality, which was higher than those reported from IARC, indicating that findings based on Chinese populations are essential to understand and improve the assessment of the global health hazards of air pollution.…”

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Long-term exposure to urban air pollution and lung cancer mortality: A 12-year cohort study in Northern China

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Severe air pollution events not avoided by reduced anthropogenic activities during COVID-19 outbreak

Severe air pollution events not avoided by reduced anthropogenic activities during COVID-19 outbreak

Spatiotemporal characteristics of urban air quality in China and geographic detection of their determinants

Ambient air pollution in China

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