Research Unit Epidemiology of Air Pollution Health Effects
Projects on "Effects of Particles on Mortality":
The projects investigate the association between daily all-cause and cause-specific mortality and gaseous pollutants or particles in different size fractions from 3nm to 10µm, including ultrafine particles and PM2.5. The projects are conducted in Beijing, China, and in Erfurt, Germany.
- "Short-term Health Effects of Fine and Ultra-fine Particle Pollution in Beijing, China"
The study characterizes the impact of particles in different size fractions from 3nm to 10µm on daily all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Beijing, China, during a time period when the contribution of different sources to ambient particles changed. - "Improved Air Quality and its Influences on Short-Term Health Effects in Erfurt, Eastern Germany"
The HEI project aimed at assessing the effects of ambient air pollution on daily mortality in Erfurt after the German unification, when air quality improved. A second aim was to characterize the change in particle size distributions in six size-fractions from 0.01µm to 2.5µm including ultrafine particles and to evaluate its effect on mortality. - Project HEI Erfurt I:
"Daily Mortality and Fine and Ultrafine Particles in Erfurt, Germany"
The HEI project was designed to assess the effects of ambient particulate air pollution on daily mortality in Erfurt for the period 1995 to 1998. The exposures of interest were the number and mass concentrations of particles in the size range of 10nm to 2.5µm, including ultrafine particles and PM2.5.