Long-term exposure and health risk assessment from air pollution: impact of regional scale mobility.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The negative effect of air pollution on human health is widely reported in recent literature. It typically involves urbanized areas where the population is concentrated and where most primary air pollutants are produced. A comprehensive health risk assessment is therefore of strategic importance for health authorities.

Methods

In this study we propose a methodology to perform an indirect and retrospective health risk assessment of all-cause mortality associated with long-term exposure to particulate matter less than 2.5 microns (PM_2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and ozone (O₃) in a typical Monday to Friday working week. A combination of satellite-based settlement data, model-based air pollution data, land use, demographics and regiona

SUBMITTER: Gilardi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10196305 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature