Design and constitution of comprehensive information platform for health effects of air pollution in China

Objective To construct a comprehensive information platform for health effects of air pollution which could integrate nationwide data from various established monitoring systems to form a database on air pollution-related health.Methods Three modules including data collection,statistics,and system setting were designed and established for data integration,data analysis and system management between 2014 and 2015.Results The platform was established in 2015 and applied in 12 cities of 10 provinces currently.Data on environment monitoring,death registry,and disease and symptom surveillance could be integrated and standardized procedures in data collection,cleaning,verification,and statistical analysis were achieved via the platform.Conclusion The established platform could not only realize data sharing and comprehensive utilization but also support researches on air pollution and health effects with its integrated database.