Air pollution reduction and mortality benefit during the COVID-19 outbreak in China
- Kai ChenMeng WangConghong HuangP. KinneyP. Anastas
- 27 March 2020
Environmental Science
The findings show that interventions to contain the COVID-19 outbreak led to air quality improvements that brought health benefits which outnumbered the confirmed deaths due to CO VID-19 in China.
Health Burden and Economic Impacts Attributed to PM2.5 and O3 in China from 2010 to 2050 under Different Representative Concentration Pathway Scenarios
- Yiyi WangJianlin Hu Meng Wang
- 23 February 2021
Environmental Science, Economics
It is suggested that future PM2.5 and O3 under certain RCP scenarios can have large health and economic benefits, however, given that the future population will always be higher than the baseline in 2010, more aggressive air pollution mitigation measures are needed for China.
Potential Cardiovascular and Total Mortality Benefits of Air Pollution Control in Urban China
- Chen HuangA. Moran D. Gu
- 24 October 2017
Environmental Science
Air quality improvement in different scenarios could lead to graded health benefits ranging from 241 000 life-years gained to much greater benefits equal to or greater than the combined benefits of 25% improvement in systolic hypertension control and 30% smoking reduction.
Temperature, Air Pollution and Fatal Unintentional Injuries in Jiangsu Province China, 2015-2017
- L. RobertsonLian ZhouKai Chen
- 17 April 2020
Environmental Science
Background The correlation of unintentional injury mortality to rising temperatures found in several studies could result from changes in behavior that increases exposure to hazards or risk when…
Was it better or worse? Simulating the environmental and health impacts of emissions trading scheme in Hubei province, China
Abstract Given the environmental impacts of co-pollutant emissions such as PM2.5, SO2, and NOx, carbon emissions trading between corporations implemented to fulfill the global goal of mitigating…
Role of air temperature and humidity in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States
It is indicated that cold and dry weather are moderately associated with increased SARS-CoV-2 transmissibility, with humidity playing a larger role than temperature.
Temperature, precipitation, ozone pollution, and daily fatal unintentional injuries in Jiangsu Province, China during 2015–2017
- L. RobertsonLian ZhouKai Chen
- 16 June 2020
Environmental Science
The variations in deaths in relation to temperature, precipitation and ozone suggest that people are behaving differently or are in different environments when specific combinations of the predictor variables are prevalent, putting them at greater or less risk.
Reduction in air pollution and attributable mortality due to COVID-19 lockdown — Authors' reply
- Kai ChenMeng WangP. KinneyP. Anastas
- 1 July 2020
Environmental Science, Medicine
Burden of cause-specific mortality attributable to heat and cold: a multicity time-series study in Jiangsu Province, China
Both extreme heat and cold were associated with increased mortality risks from all-cause, CVD, respiratory diseases, nervous diseases, and external causes, and about 64% of this overall temperature-related mortality burden was found in 6 aforementioned specific causes and about 10% of mortality burden in external causes.
Towards Disentangling Lockdown-Driven Air Quality Changes in the Northeastern U.S.
- C. BraneonR. Field S. Richardson
- 15 September 2021
Environmental Science, Geography
Air quality impacts associated with the pandemic response measures in the Northeastern United States are examined to make quantitative connections between changes in anthropogenic forcing, social and economic activity, and the related Earth system response.
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