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Update of the WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines: Systematic Reviews

Edited by
  • Paul Whaley
  • Mark Nieuwenhuijsen
  • Jake Burns

Last update 1 October 2022

The World Health Organization is in the process of updating its Global Air Quality Guidelines. To this end, a series of systematic reviews investigating associations between a range of air pollutants and human health outcomes are being conducted. This Special Issue aggregates these systematic reviews and other supporting evidence, presents the context of the work, and summarises important methodological information about the approaches taken.

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  1. Short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3) and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    September 2020
    Article 105876
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  2. Short-term exposure to carbon monoxide and myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    October 2020
    Article 105901
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  3. Long-term exposure to PM and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    October 2020
    Article 105974
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  4. Long-term exposure to NO2 and O3 and all-cause and respiratory mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    November 2020
    Article 105998
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  5. Short-term exposure to sulphur dioxide (SO2) and all-cause and respiratory mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    May 2021
    Article 106434
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  6. Short-term exposure to ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and sulphur dioxide and emergency department visits and hospital admissions due to asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    May 2021
    Article 106435
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  7. Mechanisms underlying the health effects of desert sand dust

    December 2021
    Article 106790
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  8. The effect of using personal-level indoor air cleaners and respirators on biomarkers of cardiorespiratory health: a systematic review

    January 2022
    Article 106981
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  9. Update of the WHO global air quality guidelines: Systematic reviews – An introduction

    December 2022
    Article 107556
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ISSN: 0160-4120