Health and Economic Benefits of Complying With the World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines for Particulate Matter in Nine Major Latin American Cities

• Main Authors: Lina Madaniyazi (Author), Jefferson Alpízar (Author), Luis Abdón Cifuentes (Author), Horacio Riojas-Rodríguez (Author), Magali Hurtado Díaz (Author), Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho (Author), Rosana Abrutzky (Author), Samuel Osorio (Author), Gabriel Carrasco Escobar (Author), Nicolás Valdés Ortega (Author), Valentina Colistro (Author), Dominic Roye (Author), Aurelio Tobías (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ObjectivesThis study aims to estimate the short-term preventable mortality and associated economic costs of complying with the World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines (AQGs) limit values for PM10 and PM2.5 in nine major Latin American cities.MethodsWe estimated city-specific PM-mortal...