NO2 and MORTALITY – CIGARETTE SMOKING OR YELLOW FINGERS?

European Respiratory Journal 2014

International Journal of Public Health 2015

Raaschou-Nielsen, Environmental Health 2012

European Union (EU) Limit Value

World Health Organization (WHO) Quantification Threshold

Natural log (Ln) NO2

EU Limit Value

WHO Quantification

Threshold

2016

TALKING POINTS

• ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN NO2 AND MORTALITY RATHER INDEPENDENT FROM PM MASS (VARIOUS METRICS; BOTH LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM)

• IS THIS NO2 BY ITSELF OR NO2 REPRESENTING A COMPLEX MIXTURE (SMOKING, YELLOW FINGERS OR A BIT OF BOTH)?