Studies of Air Pollution And Health

Dr. Akhila Udupa

Abstract

The health impacts of air pollution have been widely researched using a variety of study approaches, including epidemiological, level of exposure, animal, and other toxicological investigations. Each strategy has advantages and disadvantages, and developing a clear picture of how air pollution impacts health requires an analysis of data from alternative study approaches. Epidemiological studies look at the association between air pollutant concentrations and health outcomes in real-world situations, usually with high populations in community settings. While people’s activity patterns that is, time spent in various contexts such as work and home influence their individual exposures, air pollution monitoring data are often used as surrogacy for individual exposure. Health outcomes are often examined using public health databases, interviews, or pulmonary function testing.