A model for car exhaust exposure calculations to investigate health effects of air pollution

• Published in: Science of the total environment Vol. 134; no. 1-3; pp. 51 - 60
• Main Authors: Larssen, Steinar, Tønnesen, Dag, Clench-Aas, Jocelyne, Aarnes, Mona J., Arnesen, Kari
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier B.V 25.06.1993; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Air Pollutants - analysis; Applied sciences; Atmospheric pollution; car exhaust; Carbon Monoxide - analysis; Cross-Sectional Studies; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Exact sciences and technology; Humans; individual exposure; Indoor pollution and occupational exposure; Models, Biological; Nitrogen Dioxide - analysis; Norway; Pollution; residential exposure; Smoke - analysis; Vehicle Emissions - analysis; Norway; Europe; individual exposure; residential exposure; car exhaust; Methodology; Check; Indoor pollution; Air pollution; Exposure; Exhaust gas; Road traffic; Urban area; Carbon monoxide; Nitrogen dioxide; Modeling; Public health
• ISSN: 0048-9697; 1879-1026
• DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(93)90338-7

This paper presents a model for car exhaust exposure calculations, which improves the air pollution exposure estimates necessary to study relationships between health and air pollution. The model enables calculation of hour-by-hour air pollution concentrations at receptor points in an area. Combined with a diary method, in which participants in the study give data on their movement in the area, the model enables personal air pollution exposure values to be calculated. The paper shows examples of comparison between measured and calculated exposure.