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ArticlePloS one2019

Exposure to outdoor air pollution and its human health outcomes: A scoping review.

Zhuanlan Sun, Demi Zhu

Abstract readScoping Review
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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Zhuanlan SunDepartment of Management Science and Engineering, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4958-7351
Demi ZhuDepartment of Comparative Politics, School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3410-9747

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite considerable air pollution prevention and control measures that have been put into practice in recent years, outdoor air pollution remains one of the most important risk factors for health outcomes. To identify the potential research gaps, we conducted a scoping review focused on health outcomes affected by outdoor air pollution across the broad research area. Of the 5759 potentially relevant studies, 799 were included in the final analysis. The included studies showed an increasing publication trend from 1992 to 2008, and most of the studies were conducted in Asia, Europe, and North America. Among the eight categorized health outcomes, asthma (category: respiratory diseases) and mortality (category: health records) were the most common ones. Adverse health outcomes involving respiratory diseases among children accounted for the largest group. Out of the total included studies, 95.2% reported at least one statistically positive result, and only 0.4% showed ambiguous results. Based on our study, we suggest that the time frame of the included studies, their disease definitions, and the measurement of personal exposure to outdoor air pollution should be taken into consideration in any future research. The main limitation of this study is its potential language bias, since only English publications were included. In conclusion, this scoping review provides researchers and policy decision makers with evidence taken from multiple disciplines to show the increasing prevalence of outdoor air pollution and its adverse effects on health outcomes.

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Air PollutionAsiaAsthmaBiomedical ResearchChildEuropeHumansNorth AmericaPeriodicals as Topic

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PMID31095592
PMCPMC6522200

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