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Potential reduction in total annual premature deaths (central estimate and 95 % confidence interval (CI)) among people 30 years and over in 26 APHEIS cities
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Note: PM2.5 target/limit values (annual average concentration): 25 µg/m3 concentration cap by 2015 in the draft new Directive on ambient air quality (CAFÉ Directive) 20 µg/m3 target value proposed by the European Parliament 15 µg/m3 US EPA standard 10 µg/m3 the annual WHO guideline
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All other things being equal, policies to reduce PM2.5 to 15 µg/m3 would prevent three times more premature deaths in the cities than a reduction to 25 µg/m3, and reducing them to 10 µg/m3 to five times more than to 25 µg/m3
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