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ArticlePublic health2020

Health and economic consequences of applying the United States' PM

S Kim, C Xiao, I Platt, Z Zafari, M Bellanger, P Muennig

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Article in Public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Air Pollution Mitigation Strategies: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Health and economic impacts from PMEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2021
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

S KimDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 772 West 168th Street, 10032 New York, New York, United States.
C XiaoEcole des Hautes Etudes en Sante Publique, 15 Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard, 35043, Rennes, France. Electronic address: cxiao94@gmail.com.
I PlattDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 772 West 168th Street, 10032 New York, New York, United States.
Z ZafariGlobal Research Analytics for Population Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 772 West 168th Street, 10032, New York, New York, United States; School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, 772 West 168th Street, 10032, New York, New York, United States.
M BellangerEcole des Hautes Etudes en Sante Publique, 15 Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard, 35043, Rennes, France.
P MuennigDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 772 West 168th Street, 10032 New York, New York, United States.
Columbia University · USÉcole des Hautes Études en Santé Publique · FRNew York University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe US has among the world's strictest automobile emission standards, but it is now loosening them. It is unclear where a nation should draw the line between the associated cost burden imposed by regulations and the broader societal benefits associated with having cleaner air. Our study examines the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of introducing stricter vehicle emission standards in France and Italy. STUDY

designQuasi-experimental study.

methodsWe used cost-effectiveness modeling to measure the incremental quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and cost (Euros) of adopting more stringent US vehicle emission standards for PM

resultsAdopting Obama era US vehicle emission standards would likely save money and lives for both the French and Italian populations. In France, adopting US emission standards would save €1000 and increase QALYs by 0.04 per capita. In Italy, the stricter standards would save €3000 and increase QALYs by 0.31. The results remain robust in both the sensitivity analysis and probabilistic Monte Carlo simulation model.

conclusionsAdopting more stringent emission standards in France and Italy would save money and lives.

Indexed as

Particulate MatterAutomobilesCost-Benefit AnalysisFranceHumansItalyQuality-Adjusted Life YearsUnited StatesVehicle EmissionsParticulate MatterVehicle EmissionsAir pollutionCost-effectivenessEnvironmental health policyPM(2.5)Quality of life

Identifiers

PMID32445933
PMCPMC7252081
OpenAlexW3022395924

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Registered trials

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