Air Pollution & Climate
We use a combination of field studies and administrative data to study the sources, concentrations and health effects of air pollution throughout the world, and to evaluate interventions and policies for reducing air pollution exposure. We have conducted field studies in Kenya, Ghana, The Gambia and China that, through their innovative design and data, have significantly advanced our understanding of air pollution sources, health effects and interventions. We also use large administrative data such as vital statistics to investigate the health effects of air pollution and temperature, and to understand how changes over time, as a result of control policies or climate change, may influence human health and health inequalities. A particular feature of this work is the development and application of new methodology for estimating variations in effects over age, space and time and to identify factors that make communities vulnerable or resilient to these effects.
Related Publications
Conclusions and directions for future research Ezzati M; Lopez AD; Rodgers A; Murray CJL (Ed.): Comparative Quantification of Health Risks: The Global and Regional Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Major Risk Factors, pp. 2231-2234, Geneva, 2004. |
Potential health gains from reducing multiple risk factors Ezzati M; Lopez AD; Rodgers A; Murray CJL (Ed.): Comparative Quantification of Health Risks: The Global and Regional Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Major Risk Factors, pp. 2167-2190, Geneva, 2004. |
Estimates of global and regional potential health gains from reducing multiple major risk factors Lancet, 362 (9380), pp. 271-280, 2003. |
Greenhouse gas implications of household energy technologies in Kenya Environmental Science and Technology, 37 (10), pp. 2051-2059, 2003. |
Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease Lancet, 360 (9343), pp. 1347-1360, 2002. |