Health risk assessment of exposure to multiple pollutants in Guangzhou
HUANG Lin1, LIU Di2, CAI Dong-jie1, CHEN Su-juan1, DONG Hang3, LIN Guo-zhen3, WANG Bo-guang1, YANG Jun2
1. Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China; 2. School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China; 3. Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 510440, China
Abstract:This study attempted to use the Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) to analyze the health effects of multiple air pollutants (i.e, SO2、NO2、PM10、PM2.5、CO and O3) on non-accidental mortality in Guangzhou during 2015~2018. We found that all the pollutants presented significant effects on non-accidental mortality. The absolute values of effect estimates associated with the change in SO2, O3 or NO2 concentration from the 25th percentile to the 75th percentile gradually increased with the increment of the fixed percentile of other pollutants; On the contrary, the absolute values of effect estimates decreased gradually when the concentration of PM2.5, CO or PM10 changes from the 25th percentile to the 75th percentile. The cumulative effect estimates associated with exposure to multiple pollutants on non-accidental mortality at lag 0~1 day was positive. Compared with the lowest concentration, when the concentration of all pollutants increased to the 90th percentile, the number of non-accidental deaths will increase by 21.98% (95% CI: 3.04%, 44.41%). With the application of BKMR model, this study found that exposure to multiple pollutants could produce a combined impact on public health in Guangzhou. In terms of air pollution prevention and control, it is necessary to not only target the main local air pollutants, but also strengthen the policies on protecting the public from exposure to multi-pollutants.
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HUANG Lin, LIU Di, CAI Dong-jie, CHEN Su-juan, DONG Hang, LIN Guo-zhen, WANG Bo-guang, YANG Jun. Health risk assessment of exposure to multiple pollutants in Guangzhou. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2022, 42(11): 5418-5426.
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