Communicating air pollution-related health risks to the public: An application of the Air Quality Health Index in Shanghai, China

The Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) was originally developed in Canada. However, little is known about its validity in communicating morbidity risks. We aimed to establish the AQHI in Shanghai, China, and to compare the associations of AQHI and existing Air Pollution Index (API) with daily mortality...

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Main Authors: Renjie Chen, Xi Wang, Xia Meng, Jing Hua, Zhijun Zhou, Bingheng Chen, Haidong Kan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412012002450