標題: | Reducing Fine Particulate to Improve Health: A Health Impact Assessment for Taiwan |
作者: | Yang, Chia-Ming Kao, Kai 運輸與物流管理系 註:原交通所+運管所 Department of Transportation and Logistics Management |
關鍵字: | air pollution;health impact assessment;particulate matter |
公開日期: | 1-一月-2013 |
摘要: | Recently various countries have adopted the new standards for PM2.5 (particulate matter <2.5 mu m in aerodynamic diameter), but Taiwan still maintains an old set of air quality guidelines for particulate matter; therefore, the authors quantified the public health impact of long-term exposure to PM2.5 in terms of attributable number of deaths and the potential gain in life expectancy by reducing PM2.5 annual levels to 25, 20, 15, and 10 mu g/m3. When the guideline for PM2.5 long-term exposure was set at 25 mu g/m3, 3.3% of all-cause mortality or 4,500 deaths in 2009 could be prevented. The potential gain in life expectancy at age 30 of this reduction would increase by a range between 1 and 7 months in Taiwan. This study shows that guidelines for PM2.5, especially for long-term exposure, should be adopted in Taiwan as soon as possible to protect public health. |
URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19338244.2011.619216 http://hdl.handle.net/11536/21082 |
ISSN: | 1933-8244 |
DOI: | 10.1080/19338244.2011.619216 |
期刊: | ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH |
Volume: | 68 |
Issue: | 1 |
起始頁: | 3 |
結束頁: | 12 |
顯示於類別: | 期刊論文 |