The Burden of Disease for Indoor Air Pollutants in Urban China

摘要

In October 2017, we launched a study on Disease Burden of Indoor Air Pollutants (DB-IAPs) in urban China. The main objectives of this study are to: (1) Clarify the detailed lists of indoor air pollutants and their concentration distributions in different kinds of buildings in urban China and in different climate regions of China, especially in the most densely-populated regions (the Jing-Jin-Ji capital region, the Yangtze River Delta region, and the Pearl River Delta region); (2) Characterize the incidence of major non-communicable diseases in the Chinese population and quantify the burden of these diseases in urban China, according to year, sex, age, and region; (3) Systematically review and meta-analyse the associations between indoor air pollutants and the selected diseases; (4) Calculate DB-IAPs and provide a rank list; (5) Provide reasonable thresholds of concentrations for various IAQ related standards according to the DB-IAP. Our methods will include systematic literature review and metaanalysis, field measurement, and updated methods from the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) study and World Health Organization (WHO) for the calculation of DB-IAPs. This study is on-going. The preliminary results from the systematic literature review and meta-analysis will be introduced in the symposium. This study will provide scientific data for updating the available indoor air quality (IAQ) related standards "Indoor Air Quality GB18883-2002)" and "Assessment Standard for Healthy Building" and for future IAQ related standards.