DEFINITION OF NOVEL HEALTH AND AIR POLLUTION INDEX BASED ON SHORT TERM EXPOSURE AND AIR CONCENTRATION LEVELS
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Title (Dublin Core)
eng
DEFINITION OF NOVEL HEALTH AND AIR POLLUTION INDEX BASED ON SHORT TERM EXPOSURE AND AIR CONCENTRATION LEVELS
Description (Dublin Core)
eng
Health impact assessment has become important in the development of air quality policies and in finding the relationships
between pollutants concentration and health effects. In our work we presented a novel index able to evaluate the effects on the
human exposure caused by ambient air pollution in urban areas. The index is able to link both health risk factors and pollutants
levels. The indexes is of additive type and is composed by two terms: the former is based on pollutants concentration and is
connected with EPA air quality index (AQI), while the latter is composed by an adimensional term based on the exposure levels. We
tested the methodology using PM10 as studied pollutants. The spatial and temporal variation of its health impact was evaluated by
means of index maps applying the above methodology in the city of Rome during three selected episodes. Our study shows index
maps for all episodes linked to population and to pollutants.
between pollutants concentration and health effects. In our work we presented a novel index able to evaluate the effects on the
human exposure caused by ambient air pollution in urban areas. The index is able to link both health risk factors and pollutants
levels. The indexes is of additive type and is composed by two terms: the former is based on pollutants concentration and is
connected with EPA air quality index (AQI), while the latter is composed by an adimensional term based on the exposure levels. We
tested the methodology using PM10 as studied pollutants. The spatial and temporal variation of its health impact was evaluated by
means of index maps applying the above methodology in the city of Rome during three selected episodes. Our study shows index
maps for all episodes linked to population and to pollutants.
Creator (Dublin Core)
Pelliccioni, A.
Gariazzo, C.
De Dominicis, M.
Subject (Dublin Core)
eng
Air dispersion model;Exposure,Health effects
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Croatian meteorological society
Date (Dublin Core)
2008
Type (Dublin Core)
text
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Format (Dublin Core)
application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
https://hrcak.srce.hr/64310
eng
https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/96438
Source (Dublin Core)
Hrvatski meteorološki časopis
ISSN 1330-0083 (Print)
ISSN 1849-0700 (Online)
Volume 43
Issue 43/2
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Rights (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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