Characterizing the impact of projected changes in climate and air quality on human exposures to ozone.

ABSTRACT: The impact of climate change on human and environmental health is of critical concern. Population exposures to air pollutants both indoors and outdoors are influenced by a wide range of air quality, meteorological, behavioral, and housing-related factors, many of which are also impacted by climate change. An integrated methodology for modeling changes in human exposures to tropospheric ozone (O₃) owing to potential future changes in climate and demographics was implemented by linking existing modeling tools for climate, weather, air quality, population distribution, and human exposure. Human exposure results from the Air Pollutants Exposure Model (APEX) for 12 US cities show differences in daily maximum 8-h (DM8H) exposure patterns and levels by sex, age, and city for all scenar

SUBMITTER: Dionisio KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8958429 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature