Short term association between ambient air pollution and mortality and modification by temperature in five Indian cities

Dholakia, Hem H.; Bhadra, Dhiman; Garg, Amit

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.071

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“…The time series Poisson regression models are widely used to analyze the relation between pollutant concentrations and mortality (Dholakia et al, 2014). The Poisson model used in this study, represented using Eq.…”

Section: Health-risk Associated With a Pollutantmentioning

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“…In India, mainly due to lack of mortality data, there are very few studies relating health risk and pollutant concentrations. Dholakia et al (2014) studied the short term association between PM 10 concentration and mortality for five Indian cities. Balakrishnan et al (2011) and Rajarathnam et al (2011) did a time series study on Chennai and New Delhi respectively and obtained the risk co-efficient of PM 10 , NO 2 and SO 2 .…”

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Significance of PM2.5 Air Quality at the Indian Capital

Sahu

Kota

2017

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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In New Delhi, the capital city of India, concentrations of regulated air pollutants often exceed the Indian national ambient air quality standards (INAAQS). As the sources of these pollutants differ, it is of utmost priority to understand the most dangerous air pollutant to formulate better control strategies in the city. In this study, regulated air pollutant concentrations in New Delhi during 2011 to 2014 were collected. Compared to other pollutants, PM 2.5 concentrations exceeded the INAAQS quite often. While PM 2.5 exceeded INAAQS during 85% of the days, NO 2 , O 3 , CO and SO 2 exceeded only on 37, 14, 11 and 0% of the days, respectively. Using air quality index approach, the most dominant pollutant was identified as PM 2.5 , for 75 to 90% of the days. However, a seasonal variation in the percentage dominance of PM 2.5 was observed. For example, PM 2.5 was dominant during 95% of the winter and 68% of monsoon days. In addition to absolute concentrations, pollutants can also be ranked by studying their associated short term mortality impacts. However, such studies are rare in India. For the first time, the short term impact of PM 2.5 concentrations on non-disease specific mortality in New Delhi was assessed using Poisson regression models. Results indicated that the excessive risk associated with PM 2.5 estimated was 0.57, which was higher than the other regulated pollutants. This indicates a projected 6.2 and 6.5% decrease in mortality by meeting the PM 2.5 Indian standards and WHO set limits, respectively.

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Significance of PM2.5 Air Quality at the Indian Capital

Sahu

Kota

2017

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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“…In an assessment carried out by the Central Pollution Control Board, half of the 164 cities studied had high or critical levels of PM 10 while more than half had moderate or critical levels of NOx (Pathak and Shukla, 2015). Increasing motorisation has also contributed to impacts on human health (Dholakia et al, 2014) and increasing accidents (Ghate and Sundar, 2013).…”

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Electric vehicles and India's low carbon passenger transport: a long-term co-benefits assessment

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Pathak

Shukla

2017

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…They discovered a reduction in the incidence of heat wave after the 2003 incidence due to increase awareness measures embarked upon by the government. What is shocking is the fact that heat waves could also exacerbate mental illness as Dholakia and Amit [7] investigated whether hospital admissions for mental disorders may be exacerbated by heat exposure and heat waves, in Hanoi, Vietnam and found a nexus between heat exposure and hospitalizations for mental illness in Northern Vietnam with relative risks increasing with the length of the heat waves. The groups of organic mental illness as well as those with mental retardation had the highest increase during these events.…”

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Heat Waves Research and Impacts on Human Health: The Need for Studies in Nigeria: A Review

Agan¹

2017

J Earth Sci Clim Change

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Short term association between ambient air pollution and mortality and modification by temperature in five Indian cities

Cited by 49 publications

References 24 publications

Significance of PM2.5 Air Quality at the Indian Capital

Significance of PM2.5 Air Quality at the Indian Capital

Electric vehicles and India's low carbon passenger transport: a long-term co-benefits assessment

Heat Waves Research and Impacts on Human Health: The Need for Studies in Nigeria: A Review

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