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Development of tools for
population-based exposure assessment and risk evaluation of air pollution.
Relevance: In order to achieve a
healthy air in the environment and to prevent the population from inhalation
exposure of air pollutants which may cause symptoms and disease, tools are
needed for the monitoring of exposure and for risk assessment. It is also
important to provide tools which will make it possible to evaluate the
efficiency of different measures to improve air quality and to minimize the
exposure of a population. The study is focused on pollutants caused by the major
emission sources – traffic and burning of wood and other biomass.
Aims:
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To establish a model for the exposure assessment of air pollutants to a
static as well as a dynamic population.
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To use the model for risk assessments.
Methods and
Accomplishment: The
descriptive quantitative data of air quality will be inter-linked with data on
residential codes in a geographical information system (GIS) to quantify
exposure to air pollution for a population assumed to be static. However, an
integrated model, estimating air pollutants in space and time as well as the
interaction with a dynamic population, will provide knowledge about the
distribution and exposure of air pollution. The data will be used for risk
assessments of exposure to air pollution (particles and NO2) and to investigate
the relationship between exposure and effects on the airways.
Documentation:: The results of the
project will be documented and spread by publications in international
scientific journals, concluding reports in Swedish, participation in seminars
and conferences, education and information arranged by the Lund University, and
by information to responsible authorities at different levels.
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