Thursday, October 21, 2010

Impact of Air Pollution on Mortality in Canadian Cities


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Estimated Number of Excess Deaths in Canada Due To Air Pollution (10 pages, Air Health Effects Division, Health Canada, and Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Gatineau, Quebec, April 2005)

Key Quotes:

“the annual number of excess deaths due to current air pollution levels in Canada.. associated with both short- and long-term exposure to air pollution”

“based on nonaccidental mortality counts and National Air Pollution Surveillance data ..and pollutant-mortality concentration response functions from epidemiological studies”

“The annual excess number of deaths associated with short-term exposure was estimated to be 1,800.. with long term exposure was estimated to be 4,200.. results in a total excess deaths estimate of 5,900”






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