| Titre : | Analysis of Diesel Particulate Matter Health Risk Disparities in Selected US Harbor Areas. (2011) |
| Auteurs : | ROSENBAUM (Arlene) : USA. Icf International. Rohnert Park. CA. ; HARTLEY (Seth) : USA. Icf International. San Francisco. ; HOLDER (Chris) : USA. Icf International. Research Triangle Park. NC. |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 101, 2011) |
| Pagination : | S217-S223 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Amérique ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS Go7R0xHF. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. People near major transportation emissions sources experience higher exposure to hazardous pollutants. We present population size and demographic composition estimates for exposure to diesel particulate matter (DPM) exhaust from US harbor activities. Methods. We examined 43 US marine harbor areas to determine outdoor, ambient concentrations from port-related DPM emissions and then determined intake fractions of those emissions in each harbor area. We estimated the distribution of health risk by combining ambient concentrations with exposure and carcinogenic risk factors. We assessed demographic differences by stratifying the health risks by race/ethnicity and income. Results. Intake fractions for 42 of the harbor areas ranged from 0.02 x 10-6 to 3.66 x 10-6. A DPM-affected population of more than 4 million has a risk level greater than 100 per million ; a population of 41 million, a risk level greater than 10 per million. Most exposures occur in a small number of marine harbor areas. Low-income households and both Hispanics and non-Hispanic Blacks are over-represented in the affected populations. Conclusions. The most important factor for predicting DPM intake fractions for harbor activities is the proximate population density. The largest uncertainty in predicting DPM carcinogenic health risk is the carcinogenic inhalation unit risk factor. |
Service Documentation EHESP
Me connecter
PORTAIL DOCUMENTAIRE
École des hautes études en santé publique
Catalogue
Multi-bases
Accueil
Sélection de la langue
Adresse
Service Documentation EHESPBibliothèque Rennes Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard – CS 74312 – 35043 Rennes Cedex Bibliothèque MSSH Paris 20 avenue George Sand - 93210 La Plaine Saint-Denis
France
Bibliothèque Rennes : 02 99 02 29 50 Bibliothèque MSSH Paris : 02 99 02 24 50
contact