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These reports have been published as part of the WHO project "Systematic Review of Health Aspects of Air Quality in Europe" that aims to provide the Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) programme of the European Commission with a systematic, periodic, scientifically independent review of the health aspects of the air quality in Europe.
The texts in Levels 1 & 2 are either summaries written by the GreenFacts editorial team in collaboration with Prof Jacques Kummer or excerpts of the WHO reference document.
This study covers three different air pollutants as well as some overarching issues. Information can be read selectively on one pollutant or on all of them. Navigating from one pollutant to another is facilitated by buttons:
Moreover, the original source documents were "presented in short in the form of short answers to concrete policy relevant questions", each WHO answer being followed by a rationale. This structure was largely taken over in the GreenFacts Digest with Level 2 presenting mainly the WHO's answers and Level 3 presenting both the WHO's answers and rationales.
Approved for publication by the GreenFacts Scientific Board.
The GreenFacts publication process is designed to ensure as high a degree of objectivity as possible.
The first draft of this Digest was produced in late 2004 on the basis of a canvas prepared by the GreenFacts Editorial Team.
The second draft of this Digest was produced in early 2005 after review by Prof. Jacques Kummer and Prof. Claude Lambré.
The final draft of this Digest was produced in August 2005 after pre-review by experts from an environmental organization (see our 
Final publication was authorized by the President of the GreenFacts Scientific Board the 31 August 2005.
No update or revision at present.
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