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AirQ+ calculates the health effects of exposure to air pollution, such as life expectancy reduction, based on risk estimates from various studies. It can be used for cities, countries or regions to compare different scenarios and pollutants.
Oct 1, 2016 · AirQ+ is a software tool for quantifying the health burden and impact of air pollution. AirQ+ includes methodologies to assess the impacts of short- and long-term exposure to ambient air pollution.
AirQ+ is a free software for Windows and Linux operating systems developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. The program calculates the magnitude of several health effects associated to exposure to the most relevant air pollutants in a given population.
AirQ+ is a WHO tool that quantifies the health burden and impact of air pollution from ambient and household sources. It uses methodologies to estimate the effects of long-term and short-term exposure to PM2.5, PM10, NO2, O3, BC and SFU on various health outcomes.
Mar 14, 2023 · As a support to health protection policies and measures, version 2.2 of WHO/Europe’s AirQ+ tool features improved functions for estimating the health effects of exposure to the most relevant air pollutants.
WHO/Europe's software tool AirQ+ performs calculations that allow quantification of the health effects of exposure to air pollution, including estimates of the reduction in life expectancy. AirQ+ estimates: the effects of short-term changes in air pollution (based on risk estimates from time-series studies);
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Nov 4, 2022 · What is AirQ+? Health Risk Assessment of Air Pollution. « An Air Pollution Health Risk Assessment aims to estimate the risks of past, current or future exposure to air pollution and of changes in exposure that may result from planned policies or other modifications of air quality. (WHO, 2016: 3)
