Human health risk in relation to air quality in two municipalities in an industrialized area of Northern Italy

2011 ◽  
Vol 111 (8) ◽  
pp. 1321-1327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Fattore ◽  
Viviana Paiano ◽  
Alessandro Borgini ◽  
Andrea Tittarelli ◽  
Martina Bertoldi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Northern Italy

Human health risk assessment due to ambient PM10 and SO2 by an air quality modeling technique

2017 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 346-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusef Omidi Khaniabadi ◽  
Riccardo Polosa ◽  
Rozalina Zlateva Chuturkova ◽  
Mohammad Daryanoosh ◽  
Gholamreza Goudarzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Air Quality Modeling ◽  
Human Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Modeling Technique ◽  
Quality Modeling

scholarly journals Temporal Trend of PM10 and Associated Human Health Risk over the Past Decade in Cluj-Napoca City, Romania

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 5331
Author(s):  
Levente Levei ◽  
Maria-Alexandra Hoaghia ◽  
Marius Roman ◽  
Luminita Marmureanu ◽  
Corina Moisa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Worst Case Scenario ◽  
Limit Value ◽  
Quality Guidelines ◽  
Air Quality Guidelines

The human health risk associated with PM10 exposure was assessed for the residents of Cluj-Napoca city, Romania, for a best case-scenario based on the monthly average PM10 and for a worst-case scenario based on the monthly 90th percentile of PM10 concentration. As no toxicity value for PM10 was available, for the calculation of the hazard quotient, the toxicity value was considered to be equal to the annual limit value (40 µm/m3) set in the European Union (EU), and to air quality guidelines (20 µm/m3) set by the World Health Organization (WHO). The daily PM10 concentrations for the period 2009–2019, at the four monitoring stations existing in Cluj-Napoca, were obtained from the National Air Quality Monitoring Network. The annual PM10 values ranged between 20.3 and 29.5 µg/m3, and were below the annual limit value (40 µg/m3) set by European and national legislation, but above the annual air quality guideline (20 µg/m3) set by WHO. Generally, the monthly PM10 concentrations were higher from October to March than in the rest of the year. The monthly air quality index (AQI) showed the good to moderate quality of the air during the whole decade; however, there were days when the air quality was unhealthy for sensitive population groups. The air quality was more or less constant during the warm months, and improved significantly for the cold months from 2009 to 2019. In the best-case scenario, calculated using the EU annual limit value for PM10, the potential non-carcinogenic chronic health risk was present only in 2009 and 2010, but in the worst-case scenario, in each year there were periods, especially in the cold months, in which health risk was present. When considering the WHO air quality guidelines in the calculation of the health risk, the potential non-carcinogenic chronic health risk was present between October and March in each year in the best-case scenario, and in most of the months in the worst-case scenario.

Human health risk assessment: application of the NORISC-HRA and ROME models at two test sites

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 559-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Quercia ◽  
A. Vecchio ◽  
M. Falconi ◽  
L. Togni ◽  
E. Wcislo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Human Health Risk Assessment
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