Costs of coronary heart disease and mortality associated with near-roadway air pollution.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emerging evidence indicates that the near-roadway air pollution (NRAP) mixture contributes to CHD, yet few studies have evaluated the associated costs.

Objective

We integrated an assessment of NRAP-attributable CHD in Southern California with new methods to value the associated mortality and hospitalizations.

Methods

Based on population-weighted residential exposure to NRAP (traffic density, proximity to a major roadway and elemental carbon), we estimated the inflation-adjusted value of NRAP-attributable mortality and costs of hospitalizations that occurred in 2008. We also estimated anticipated costs in 2035 based on projected changes in population and in NRAP exposure associated with California's plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. For comparison, w

SUBMITTER: Brandt S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5769477 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature