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Nonnemacher, Michael, Jakobs, Hermann, Viehmann, Anja, Vanberg, Irene, Kessler, Christoph, Moebus, Susanne, Moehlenkamp, Stefan, Erbel, Raimund, Hoffmann, Barbara and Memmesheimer, Michael (2014). Spatio-temporal modelling of residential exposure to particulate matter and gaseous pollutants for the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Cohort. Atmos. Environ., 91. S. 15 - 24. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 1873-2844

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Abstract

For the simultaneous analysis of short-and long-term effects of air pollution in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Cohort a sophisticated exposure modelling was performed. The dispersion and chemistry transport model EURAD (European Air Pollution Dispersion) was used for the estimation of hourly concentrations of a number of pollutants for a horizontal grid with a cell size of 1 km(2) covering the whole study area (three large adjacent cities in a highly urbanized region in Western Germany) for the years 2000-2003 and 2006-2008. For each 1 km(2) cell we estimated the mean concentration by calculating daily means from the hourly concentrations modelled by the EURAD process. The modelled concentrations showed an overall tendency to decrease from 2001 to 2008 whereas the trend in the single grid cells and study period was inhomogeneous. Participant-related exposure slightly increased from 2001 to 2003 followed by a decrease from 2006 to 2008. The exposure modelling enables a very flexible exposure assessment compared to conventional modelling approaches which either use central monitoring or temporally static spatial contrasts. The modelling allows the calculation of an average exposure concentration for any place and time within the study region and study period with a high spatial and temporal resolution. This is important for the assessment of short-, medium and long-term effects of air pollution on human health in epidemiological studies. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Nonnemacher, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Jakobs, Hermann UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Viehmann, Anja UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Vanberg, Irene UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kessler, Christoph UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Moebus, Susanne UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Moehlenkamp, Stefan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Erbel, Raimund UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hoffmann, Barbara UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Memmesheimer, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-435065
DOI:	10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.03.052
Journal or Publication Title:	Atmos. Environ.
Volume:	91
Page Range:	S. 15 - 24
Date:	2014
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1873-2844
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language USE REGRESSION-MODEL; AIR-POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; URBAN AREA; GIS; MORTALITY; DESIGN; EUROPE; ASTHMA Multiple languages Environmental Sciences; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43506