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Concentration-response functions used in the assessments listed in Additional file 1 |
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| Mortality |
Morbidity |
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| Aaheim et al. 1999 [153] |
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| PM: Adult and infant [160] |
Lung-cancer, acute and chronic respiratory symptoms, pseudo-croup, asthma [160] |
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| Aunan et al. 2004 [75] |
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| 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] |
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| Burtraw et al. 2003 [23] |
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| PM10 and nitrates (acute) [162] |
NOx: respiratory symptoms, eye irritation days, phlegm days [163] |
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| Cifuentes et al. 2001 [12,42] |
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| 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] |
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| Infants [84,170] |
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| O3 (acute) [50] |
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| Dessus and O'Connor 2003 [155] |
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| 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] |
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| Dudek et al. 2003 [156] |
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| 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. |
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| Mazzi and Dowlatabadi 2007 [157] |
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| PM2.5 (chronic) [167,183,184] |
Respiratory and cardiovascular (CVD) hospitalizations [185] |
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| McKinley et al. 2005 [49] |
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| 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] |
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| Wang and Smith 1999 [15] |
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| 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] |
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| West et al. 2006 [13] |
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| O3 (acute) [51] |
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Note: References for health endpoints refer to the concentration-response function applied. | |
Bell et al. Environmental Health 2008 7:41 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-41 |
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