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. 2017 Dec 21;12(12):e0189909. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189909

Table 1. Summary of relative risks selected to estimate the PAF of ambient air pollution in Thailand.

Pollutant Health end-point Types Relative risk CRa Age group (years) References
PM10 All-cause mortalityb Short-term 1.004 per 10 μgm-3 0.0004 All ages [9]
Respiratory mortalityc Short-term 1.004 per 10 μgm-3 0.0004 All ages [9]
Cardiovascular mortalityd Short-term 1.002 per 10 μgm-3 0.0002 All ages [9]
PM 2.5 All-cause mortalityb Long-term 1.06 per 10 μgm-3 0.006 Age >30 [3]
Lung cancer mortalitye Long-term 1.14 per 10 μgm-3 0.013 Age >30
Cardiovascular mortalityd Long-term 1.12 per 10 μgm-3 0.011 Age >30 [49]
NO2 All-cause mortalityb Short-term 1.04 per 10 μgm-3 0.007 All ages [50]
Respiratory mortalityc Short-term 1.03 per 10 μgm-3 0.005 All ages

a Concentration–response coefficient.

b All-cause mortality excluded deaths attributed to external causes (ICD-10 codes V01–Y89).

c Respiratory mortality refers to ICD-10 code: J00-99.

d Cardiovascular mortality refers to ICD-10 code: I00-99

e Lung cancer mortality refers to ICD-10 codes C34.