Application of DALYs in measuring health effect of ambient air pollution: A case study in Shanghai, China

作者：Zhang, Yun-Hui; Chen, Chang-Hong; Chen, Guo-Hai; Song, Gui-Xiang; Chen, Bing-Heng; Fu, Qing-Yan; Kan, Hai-Dong^*

来源：Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 2006, 19(4): 268-272.

• air pollution
• human health
• DALYs

Objective To investigate the effect of ambient air pollution on human health and the subsequent disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost in Shanghai. @@@ Methods We used epidemiology-based exposure-response functions to calculate the attributable number of cases due to air pollution in Shanghai in 2000, and then we estimated the corresponding DALYs lost in Shanghai based on unit DALYs values of the health consequences. @@@ Results Ambient air pollution caused 103 064 DALYs lost in Shanghai in 2000. Among all the health endpoints, premature deaths and chronic bronchitis predominated in the value of total DALYs lost. @@@ Conclusion The air pollution levels have an adverse effect on the general population health and strengthen the rationale for limiting the levels of air pollution in outdoor air in Shanghai.

• 出版日期2006-8
• 单位上海市疾病预防控制中心; 上海市环境科学研究院; 复旦大学