Health effects of air pollutants and their management

Abstract Air quality standards are a basis for controlling hazardous pollutants in the atmospheric environment for protecting human health and promoting better air quality. Decisions on the standard are based on an air quality criteria document that reviews all the available scientific literature. Epidemiological and controlled human exposure studies play an important part in evaluating the lowest exposure level inducing probably adverse health effects. However, a great discrepancy is generally observed between both types of studies. The available data of controlled human exposure studies do not support positively the results of epidemiological studies. Furthermore, there are the variations in interpretations placed on pollution and health effects data by different authorities. We may need an international guideline for evaluating the lowest exposure level from the epidemiological and controlled human exposure study findings for the development of rational air pollution management.

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