Acute effects of air pollution on all-cause mortality: a natural experiment from haze control measures in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Serious haze episodes have been a seasonal event in Chiang Mai province for more than a decade. In 2008, local government agencies introduced comprehensive measures to control haze and limit its impacts on public health. This study assessed the acute effects of ambient air pollutants on all-cause mo...
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Veröffentlicht in: | PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) CA), 2020-05, Vol.8, p.e9207-e9207, Article e9207 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Serious haze episodes have been a seasonal event in Chiang Mai province for more than a decade. In 2008, local government agencies introduced comprehensive measures to control haze and limit its impacts on public health. This study assessed the acute effects of ambient air pollutants on all-cause mortality before and after the introduction of those haze control measures.
We obtained daily mortality counts and data on mass concentrations of particulate matter |
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ISSN: | 2167-8359 2167-8359 |
DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.9207 |