Trends in air pollutants and health impacts in three Swedish cities over the past three decades

Olstrup, Henrik; Forsberg, Bertil; Orru, Hans; Spanne, Mårten; Nguyen, Hung; Molnár, Peter; Johansson, Christer

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15705-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15705-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15705-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 21

Research article

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01 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 01 Nov 2018

Trends in air pollutants and health impacts in three Swedish cities over the past three decades

Henrik Olstrup, Bertil Forsberg, Hans Orru, Mårten Spanne, Hung Nguyen, Peter Molnár, and Christer Johansson

Data sets

Air Pollution Data SMHI http://shair.smhi.se/portal/concentrations-in-air

Historiska data SLB http://slb.nu/slbanalys/historiska-data-luft/

Short summary

This article analyzes the health effects caused by changes in air pollution concentrations during the period of 1990–2015 in Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö: the three largest cities in Sweden. The air pollutants that have been measured and analyzed are NO_x, NO₂, O₃, and PM₁₀. NO_x and NO₂ exhibit decreasing trends during this period, with beneficial effects on public health. An overall conclusion is that public health can largely benefit from reduced air pollution levels.