COMEAP

Acronym	Definition
COMEAP	Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants

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COMEAP, 2010: The mortality effects of longterm exposure to particulate air pollution in the United Kingdom: A report by the Committee on the medical effects of air pollutants.

Meteorology, air quality, and health in London: The ClearfLo Project

"The evidence that exposure to air pollutants has important effects on the cardiovascular system is of public health concern and calls for greater research," said COMEAP chair Jon Ayres.

U.K. Report Considers Link Between Pollution, Heart Disease

Department of Health's COMEAP review, Quantification of the Effects of Air Pollution on Health in the United Kingdom (COMEAP 1998)

1996), other studies have failed to show evidence for such a threshold for effects (COMEAP 1998).

Our use of time-series studies is consistent with the methodology used by COMEAP (1998).

However, no data are available for an overall urban mortality rate (ONS 1998), so in line with the COMEAP (1998) report, we assumed the Great Britain mortality rate to apply to both urban and rural areas.

In line with the approach of the COMEAP (1998) report, we assumed all hospital admission rates for England to apply to all urban Great Britain.

An evaluation of the environmental and health effects of vehicle exhaust catalysts in the United Kingdom

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