Health impacts of air pollution in China
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REVIEW ARTICLE
Health impacts of air pollution in China Fengping Hu1, Yongming Guo (✉)2 1 Business School, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China 2 Reading Academy, NUIST-UoR International Research Institute, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
HIGHLIGHTS
GRAPHIC ABSTRACT
• Impacts of air pollution on various body systems health in China were highlighted. • China’s actions to control air pollution and their effects were briefly introduced. • Challenges and perspectives of the health effects of air pollution are provided.
ARTICLE INFO Article history:
Received 6 March 2020 Revised 6 September 2020 Accepted 21 September 2020 Available online 15 November 2020 Keywords: Health impacts Air pollution China Advances
ABSTRACT The health effects of air pollution have attracted considerable attention in China. In this review, the status of air pollution in China is briefly presented. The impacts of air pollution on the health of the respiratory system, the circulatory system, the nervous system, the digestive system, the urinary system, pregnancy and life expectancy are highlighted. Additionally, China’s actions to control air pollution and their effects are briefly introduced. Finally, the challenges and perspectives of the health effects of air pollution are provided. We believe that this review will provide a promising perspective on the health impacts of air pollution in China, and further elicit more attention from governments and researchers worldwide. © Higher Education Press 2020
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Introduction
Fresh air is of great significance for human life. However, with the rapid development of modern industrialization, the air quality around us is increasingly affected, especially in developing countries, such as China and India. The WHO has estimated that approximately 2.4 million people die of diseases related to air pollution per year worldwide (Li et al. 2019b). Therefore, air pollution has generated considerable attentions at a global level. At the same time, the Chinese government and related researchers have recently begun to pay close attention to air pollution and its effects. In particular, the impacts of air pollution on human health in China have been explored, and considerable achievements have been made (Zhang et al. 2010; Yu et al.
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2013; Lin et al. 2017; Niu et al. 2017; Liu et al. 2018; Yang et al. 2020a). Therefore, a review presenting the health effects of air pollution in China is urgently needed and may be meaningful for the related researchers and governments. In the remainder of this paper, we first outlined the status of air pollution in China. Then the health impacts of air pollution in China are provided in the 3rd section; we respectively analyzed the impacts of air pollution on the health of the respiratory system, circulatory system, nervous system, digestive system, urinary system, and pregnanc
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