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Greenness may improve lung health in low–moderate but not high air pollution areas: Seven Northeastern Cities’ study

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  • Yang Zhou State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou, China Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Environmental Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dinh S Bui Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jennifer L Perret Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Adrian J Lowe Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Caroline J Lodge Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Iana Markevych Jagiellonian University Institute of Psychology, Krakow, Poland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Joachim Heinrich Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University of Munich, Munchen, Bayern, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael S Bloom Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, New York, USA Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Luke D Knibbs School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bin Jalaludin Centre for Research, Evidence Management and Surveillance, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia School of Public Health and Community Medicine Sydney, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bo-Yi Yang Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Environmental Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hong-Yao Yu Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Environmental Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Xiao-Wen Zeng Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Environmental Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yunjiang Yu State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shyamali C Dharmage Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Guang-Hui Dong Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Environmental Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Guang-Hui Dong, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong, China; donggh5{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn; Dr Shyamali C Dharmage; s.dharmage{at}unimelb.edu.au
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Zhou Y, Bui DS, Perret JL, et al
Greenness may improve lung health in low–moderate but not high air pollution areas: Seven Northeastern Cities’ study
Thorax 2021;76:880-886.

Publication history

  • Received March 6, 2020
  • Revised January 18, 2021
  • Accepted February 5, 2021
  • First published February 25, 2021.
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February 19, 2023

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