| Literature DB >> 28077473 |
George D Thurston1, Howard Kipen2, Isabella Annesi-Maesano3, John Balmes4,5, Robert D Brook6, Kevin Cromar7, Sara De Matteis8, Francesco Forastiere9, Bertil Forsberg10, Mark W Frampton11, Jonathan Grigg12, Dick Heederik13, Frank J Kelly14, Nino Kuenzli15,16, Robert Laumbach2, Annette Peters17, Sanjay T Rajagopalan18, David Rich19, Beate Ritz20, Jonathan M Samet21, Thomas Sandstrom11, Torben Sigsgaard22, Jordi Sunyer23, Bert Brunekreef24,25.
Abstract
The American Thoracic Society has previously published statements on what constitutes an adverse effect on health of air pollution in 1985 and 2000. We set out to update and broaden these past statements that focused primarily on effects on the respiratory system. Since then, many studies have documented effects of air pollution on other organ systems, such as on the cardiovascular and central nervous systems. In addition, many new biomarkers of effects have been developed and applied in air pollution studies.This current report seeks to integrate the latest science into a general framework for interpreting the adversity of the human health effects of air pollution. Rather than trying to provide a catalogue of what is and what is not an adverse effect of air pollution, we propose a set of considerations that can be applied in forming judgments of the adversity of not only currently documented, but also emerging and future effects of air pollution on human health. These considerations are illustrated by the inclusion of examples for different types of health effects of air pollution.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28077473 PMCID： PMC5751718 DOI： 10.1183/13993003.00419-2016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Respir J ISSN： 0903-1936 Impact factor: 16.671