Evaluation of health effects of air pollution in the Chestnut Ridge area : preliminary analysis
This project involves several tasks designed to take advantage of (1) a very extensive air pollution monitoring system that is operating ..n the Chestnut Ridge.region of Western Pennsylvania and (2) -the very well developed analytic dispersion models that have been previously fine-tuned to thi...
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| author | Gruhl, Jim Schweppe, F. C. Maher, W. F. Speizer, F. E. Schenker, M. B. Samet, J. |
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| description | This project involves several tasks designed to take advantage of
(1) a very extensive air pollution monitoring system that is operating
..n the Chestnut Ridge.region of Western Pennsylvania and (2) -the very
well developed analytic dispersion models that have been previously
fine-tuned to this particular area.. The major task in this project is
to establish, through several distinct epidemiolopic approaches, health
data to be used to test hypotheses about relations of air pollution
exposures to morbidity and mortality rates in this region. Because
the air quality monitoring network involves no expense to this contract
this project affords a very cost-effective 6pportunity-for state-of-the-art
techniques to be used in both costly areas of air pollution and health
-effects data col1 ection. . The closely spaced network of monitors, plus
the dispersion modeling capabilities,.allow for the investigation- of
health impacts of. various pollutant gradients in neighboring geographic
areas, thus minimizing -the confounding effects of social, ethnic, and
economic factors. The pollutants that are monitored in this network
include total gaseous sulfur, sulfates, total suspended particulates,
NOx, NO, ozone/oxidants, and coefficient of haze. In addition to enabling
the simulation of exposure profiles between monitors, the air quality2
modeling, along with extensive source and background inventories, will
allow for upgrading the quality of the monitored data. as well as
simulating the exposure levels for about 25 additional air pollutants.
Another important goal of this project is to collect and test the many
available models for associating.health effects with air pollution, to
determine their predictive validity and their usefulness in the choice
and siting of future energy facilities. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/351452019-04-11T09:50:14Z Evaluation of health effects of air pollution in the Chestnut Ridge area : preliminary analysis Gruhl, Jim Schweppe, F. C. Maher, W. F. Speizer, F. E. Schenker, M. B. Samet, J. Air |x Pollution |x Toxicology Air |x Pollution |z Pennsylvania |z Chestnut Ridge Area This project involves several tasks designed to take advantage of (1) a very extensive air pollution monitoring system that is operating ..n the Chestnut Ridge.region of Western Pennsylvania and (2) -the very well developed analytic dispersion models that have been previously fine-tuned to this particular area.. The major task in this project is to establish, through several distinct epidemiolopic approaches, health data to be used to test hypotheses about relations of air pollution exposures to morbidity and mortality rates in this region. Because the air quality monitoring network involves no expense to this contract this project affords a very cost-effective 6pportunity-for state-of-the-art techniques to be used in both costly areas of air pollution and health -effects data col1 ection. . The closely spaced network of monitors, plus the dispersion modeling capabilities,.allow for the investigation- of health impacts of. various pollutant gradients in neighboring geographic areas, thus minimizing -the confounding effects of social, ethnic, and economic factors. The pollutants that are monitored in this network include total gaseous sulfur, sulfates, total suspended particulates, NOx, NO, ozone/oxidants, and coefficient of haze. In addition to enabling the simulation of exposure profiles between monitors, the air quality2 modeling, along with extensive source and background inventories, will allow for upgrading the quality of the monitored data. as well as simulating the exposure levels for about 25 additional air pollutants. Another important goal of this project is to collect and test the many available models for associating.health effects with air pollution, to determine their predictive validity and their usefulness in the choice and siting of future energy facilities. 2006-12-19T15:48:12Z 2006-12-19T15:48:12Z 1980-05 Technical Report 06849654 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35145 en_US MIT-EL 80-019 3685535 bytes application/pdf application/pdf MIT Energy Laboratory |
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| title | Evaluation of health effects of air pollution in the Chestnut Ridge area : preliminary analysis |
| title_full | Evaluation of health effects of air pollution in the Chestnut Ridge area : preliminary analysis |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of health effects of air pollution in the Chestnut Ridge area : preliminary analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of health effects of air pollution in the Chestnut Ridge area : preliminary analysis |
| title_short | Evaluation of health effects of air pollution in the Chestnut Ridge area : preliminary analysis |
| title_sort | evaluation of health effects of air pollution in the chestnut ridge area preliminary analysis |
| topic | Air |x Pollution |x Toxicology Air |x Pollution |z Pennsylvania |z Chestnut Ridge Area |
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