| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 247, 2018
Fire and Environmental Safety Engineering 2018 (FESE 2018)
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| Article Number | 00002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201824700002 | |
| Published online | 10 December 2018 | |
Air quality health indices - review
1
The Main School of Fire Services, Faculty of Fire Safety Engineering, 52/54 Slowackiego St., 01-629 Warsaw, Poland
2
Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering, 20 Nowowiejska St., 00-653 Warsaw, Poland
3
European Clean Air Centre, 10/6 Felicjanek St., 33-332 Cracow, Poland
* Corresponding author: lukasz.adamkiewicz@gmail.com
Many studies have shown associations between exposure to air pollutants and negative health effects such as increased number of Hospital Admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases or even increased daily mortality due to those causes. To assess air quality in ambient air continuous monitoring is run in many cities worldwide. Data which is collected at these points should represent exposure of the population and is used to monitor medium and long-term trends. To provide an information for citizens about the impact of air quality on their health several governmental and municipal agencies developed air quality health indices These tools are based on environmental epidemiology models and on-line air quality data. The health risk is assessed differently for each index. In this paper review of Canadian, American, Hong Kong’s Air Quality Health Index.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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