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Estimating the costs of air pollution to the National Health Service and social care: An assessment and forecast up to 2035.

Laura PimpinLise RetatDaniela FechtDr Laure de PreuxFranco SassiJohn GulliverAnnalisa BelloniBrian FergusonEmily CorbouldAbbygail JaccardLaura Webber
Published in: PLoS medicine (2018)
Approximately 2.5 million cases of NCDs attributable to air pollution are predicted by 2035 if PM2.5 and NO2 stay at current levels, making air pollution an important public health priority. In future work, the modelling framework should be updated to include multi-pollutant exposure-response functions, as well as to disaggregate results by socioeconomic status.
Keyphrases
  • air pollution
  • particulate matter
  • public health
  • lung function
  • healthcare
  • quality improvement
  • palliative care
  • mental health
  • risk assessment
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • chronic pain