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17214288

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-1-11
pubmed:abstractText
Among industrialized countries, Japan still maintains an old set of guidelines for particulate matter (PM); therefore, we assessed the public health impacts of PM exposure in various situations using data from the Tokyo metropolitan area. Subjects were 7.8 million people aged older than 30 years. Based on a linear relationship between exposure and health effects, we estimated attributable cases of mortality caused by PM. Even at the recent exposure level, the number of deaths will occur after both short- and long-term exposure. When the guideline for PM2.5 (particles < 2.5 microm in diameter) long-term exposure was set at 12 microg/m3, we could prevent 8% of all causes mortality or 6,700 deaths in the Tokyo metropolitan area per year. This assessment shows that guidelines for long-term exposure, especially for PM2.5, should be recommended in Japan.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1933-8244
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
179-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-5-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Health impact assessment of particulate matter in Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:affiliation
Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hygiene and Preventative Medicine, Okayama University, Japan. yorichan@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article