| WHO | World Health Organization |
| UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ROW | Rest of the World |
| HAP | Hazardous air pollutant |
| CRF | Concentration-response function |
| EMEP | European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme |
| EEA | European Environment Agency |
| VOC | volatile organic compounds |
| NMVOC | Non-methane volatile organic compounds |
| AGR | Agriculture |
| DOM | Domestic and commercial combustion |
| ENE | Energy and heat production |
| IND | Industry and construction |
| SLV | Use of solvents |
| TRA | Road transport |
| NOx | NO and NO2 measured together |
| RR | Relative risk (of premature death) |
| PAF | Population attributable fraction |
| Hi | Health hazard from i-th source |
| cik | Contribution of the k-th pollutant from source i in total immission of k-th pollutant |
| ξk | Health hazard from k-th pollutant |
| C | Average concentration of a pollutant |
| C0 | Counterfactual concentration of a pollutant |