Lester D, Clarke R V
Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ 08240.
Accid Anal Prev. 1989 Apr;21(2):191-3. doi: 10.1016/0001-4575(89)90086-9.
A study of the frequency of car exhaust as a cause of accidental death in the United States from 1968 to 1984 showed that the accidental death rate from car exhaust has declined during the same period during which the toxicity of car exhaust has been reduced through the imposition of emission controls. However, in Great Britain, where there are no emission controls on cars, the accidental death rate from car exhaust has risen slightly over the same period. Thus, the introduction of emission controls on cars to reduce pollution of the environment seems to have had incidental beneficial effects on mortality from accidental poisoning from car exhaust.
一项关于1968年至1984年期间在美国汽车尾气作为意外死亡原因的频率研究表明，在通过实施排放控制降低汽车尾气毒性的同一时期，汽车尾气导致的意外死亡率有所下降。然而，在英国，由于对汽车没有排放控制，同一时期汽车尾气导致的意外死亡率略有上升。因此，对汽车实施排放控制以减少环境污染似乎对汽车尾气意外中毒导致的死亡率产生了附带的有益影响。
