Summer internship examines health effects of air pollution in Asia
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- 1. Summer Internship Juliann Chen Health Effects Institute Boston, MA Summer 2003
- 8. Literature Review Summary Table Temp, humidity, day of week, seasonality Daily counts of ER patients for one hospital in Delhi. Poisson regression ER visits for asthma, COAD, and acute coronay events increased by 21%, 25%, and 24% respectively due to higher levels of pollution. Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways disease, acute asthmatic attack, acute coronary event TSP, CO, SO 2 , NO X 1997-1998 > 10 million Time series Delhi, India Pande JN, Bhatta N, Biswas D, Pandey RM, Ahluwalia G, Siddaramaiah NH, Khilnani GC Notes Covariates Study Methods & Results Outcome(s) Exposure(s) Study Time & Population Study Type Study Location First & Last Authors, Citation
- 9. Total time-series studies: n=36 China (4) Thailand (1) Hong Kong (8) Malaysia (0) Singapore (1) Vietnam (0) Indonesia (0) Philippines (0) Korea (12) Japan (6) India (2) Taiwan (2)
- 10. Number of time-series and Panel/Other studies by country
- 11. Annual average PM 10 level ( μ m/m 3 ) (US EPA, 1990) Tokyo Kuala Lampur Ho Chi Minh Jakarta Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Delhi Mumbai (Bombay) Chongqing Beijing Shenyang Taipei Manila Bangkok Pune High (>100) Medium (90-100) N/A Low (<90)
- 12. Annual average NO 2 level ( μ m/m 3 ) (WHO Guidelines, 1999) Tokyo Kuala Lampur Ho Chi Minh Jakarta Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Delhi Mumbai (Bombay) Chongqing Beijing Shenyang Taipei Manila Bangkok Pune High (>40) Medium (30-40) N/A Low (<30)
- 13. Annual average SO 2 level ( μ m/m 3 ) (WHO Guidelines, 1999) Tokyo Kuala Lampur Ho Chi Minh Jakarta Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Delhi Mumbai (Bombay) Chongqing Beijing Shenyang Taipei Manila Bangkok Pune High (>50) Medium (40-50) N/A Low (<40)
- 14. Annual average TSP level ( μ m/m 3 ) (WHO Guidelines, 1999) Tokyo Kuala Lampur Ho Chi Minh Jakarta Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Delhi Mumbai (Bombay) Chongqing Beijing Shenyang Taipei Manila Bangkok Pune High (>90) Medium (60-90) N/A Low (<60)
- 20. MOI/MOUDI