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Perspective for Future Research Direction About Health Impact of Ambient Air Pollution in China

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Abstract

Air pollution has become one of the major risks to human health because of the progressive increase in the use of vehicles powered by fossil fuels. Although lots of works on the health impact of ambient air pollution have been done in China, the following recommendations for future research were identified in this chapter: (1) the synergistic effect of indoor air pollution with climate change; (2) develop new technologies to improve accurate assessment of air pollution exposure; (3) well-designed cohort study of sensitive populations including children, older people, and people with chronic health problems; (4) multi-omics technologies in the underlying mechanisms study; and (5) benefits evaluation of improvement of air quality. In conclusion, China is becoming a suitable study site, providing an ideal opportunity to evaluate the effects of environmental pollution, including air pollution, on human health, which might serve as an example for developing countries where health impacts of air pollution are as serious as in China.

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Air pollution Health impact Recommendations Future research China 
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Acknowledgments

This study was funded by Grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81472936, 81673127, and 81673128), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0207000), the Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation (2014A050503027), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 16ykzd02, 17ykpy16).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public HealthSun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhouChina

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