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Air Pollution and Human Health in Greater Manchester

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  • C Wood

    (Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, England)

  • Margaret Lawrence

    (Pollution Research Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, England)

Abstract

The background to air pollution control in Manchester and the resulting falling pollution concentrations and consequent damage to health are described, and an analysis is made of the statistical relationships between mortality and air pollution in Greater Manchester. Other work has always shown significant relationships between smoke and sulphur dioxide concentrations [above World Health Organisation (WHO) goals] and mortality from pollution-related diseases. Social factors (for example, overcrowding, owner-occupation) have often been found to be weakly related to mortality. This research reports no significant correlations between mortality and current smoke concentrations (which have mostly fallen below the WHO goal), weak correlations with sulphur dioxide levels, and fairly strong correlations with a number of social factors. The WHO goal therefore appears appropriate for smoke, and the results (including estimates of excess deaths) indicate that sulphur dioxide levels need to be reduced further. Social parameters are thought to be acting as proxies for causal factors (for example, smoking, diet).

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  • C Wood & Margaret Lawrence, 1980. "Air Pollution and Human Health in Greater Manchester," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 12(12), pages 1427-1439, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:12:y:1980:i:12:p:1427-1439
    DOI: 10.1068/a121427
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