Prevention and control of air pollution needs to strengthen further study on health damage caused by air pollution
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2016.08.001
- VernacularTitle:防控空气污染加强空气污染致健康危害研究
- Author:
Tangchun WU
1
Author Information
1. 华中科技大学同济医学院公共卫生学院劳动卫生与环境卫生系环境与健康教育部重点实验室国家环境保护部环境与健康重点实验室
- Keywords:
Air pollution;
Particulate matter;
PM2.5;
Respiratory system;
Circulatory system
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2016;50(8):665-667
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Heath issues caused by air pollution such as particulate matter (PM) are much concerned and focused among air,water and soil pollutions because human breathe air for whole life span.Present comments will review physical and chemical characteristics of PM2.5 and PM10;Dose-response associations of PM10,PM2.5 and their components with mortality and risk of cardiopulmonary diseases,early health damages such as the decrease of lung functions and heart rate variability,DNA damage;And the roles of genetic variations and epigenetic changes in lung functions and heart rate variability,DNA damage related to PMs and their components.This comments list some limitations and perspectives about the associations of air pollution with health.
