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ArticleBMC public health2024

The construction and validity assessment of the respiratory air quality health index (AQHI) based on the analytic hierarchy process in Tianjin, China.

Qiang Zeng, Yu Bai, Mengnan Zhang, Yang Ni

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Qiang ZengTianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 6 Huayue Road, Hedong District, Tianjin, 300011, China.
Yu BaiTianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 6 Huayue Road, Hedong District, Tianjin, 300011, China.
Mengnan ZhangTianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 6 Huayue Road, Hedong District, Tianjin, 300011, China.
Yang NiTianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 6 Huayue Road, Hedong District, Tianjin, 300011, China. niyang6@tj.gov.cn.

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Abstract

backgroundAir quality health index (AQHI), as a developed air quality risk communication tool, has been proved to be more accurate in predicting air quality related health risks than air quality index (AQI) by previous studies. However, the standard method to construct AQHI is summing the excess risks of single-pollutant models directly, which may ignore the joint effect of air pollutant mixtures.

methodsIn this study, a new method which could solve the aforementioned problem, Analytic hierarchy process (AHP), was introduced. Based on this method, we constructed the respiratory health related AQHI using years of life lost (YLL) as indicator of health outcome and compared its validity with AQI.

resultsThere was a correlation between daily AQI and AQHI in 2019 (R

conclusionsThis study indicated that compared with AQI, the constructed AQHI based on AHP may predict the health risk of air pollution more effectively. AHP may become a new method to construct AQHI which needs to be proved by taking into consideration by more studies.

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Air PollutionAir PollutantsChinaHumansReproducibility of ResultsRespiratory Tract DiseasesRisk AssessmentAir PollutantsAir quality health indexAnalytic hierarchy processRespiratory systemYears of life lost

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PMCPMC11492774

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