Characteristics and expected health implications of annual PM10 concentrations in Athens, Greece

Mavroidis, I; Chaloulakou, A

dc.contributor.author	Mavroidis, I	en
dc.contributor.author	Chaloulakou, A	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:32:59Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:32:59Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	0957-4352	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/20266
dc.subject	Air quality guidelines	en
dc.subject	Cardiovascular and respiratory	en
dc.subject	Exposure-response	en
dc.subject	Health effects	en
dc.subject	Monitoring	en
dc.subject	NO x	en
dc.subject	NO2	en
dc.subject	PM10	en
dc.subject	Traffic	en
dc.subject	Urban pollution	en
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en
dc.subject.other	Air quality standard	en
dc.subject.other	Athens , Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Cardiovascular and respiratory	en
dc.subject.other	Concentration levels	en
dc.subject.other	Dose response relationships	en
dc.subject.other	Health effects	en
dc.subject.other	Health implications	en
dc.subject.other	Hospital admissions	en
dc.subject.other	Monitoring stations	en
dc.subject.other	Road traffic	en
dc.subject.other	Urban pollutions	en
dc.subject.other	Air quality	en
dc.subject.other	Concentration (process)	en
dc.subject.other	Nitrogen compounds	en
dc.subject.other	Pollution	en
dc.subject.other	Health	en
dc.subject.other	nitrogen dioxide	en
dc.subject.other	nitrogen oxide	en
dc.subject.other	air quality	en
dc.subject.other	cardiovascular disease	en
dc.subject.other	dose-response relationship	en
dc.subject.other	European Union	en
dc.subject.other	health impact	en
dc.subject.other	mortality	en
dc.subject.other	nitrogen oxides	en
dc.subject.other	particulate matter	en
dc.subject.other	pollution exposure	en
dc.subject.other	pollution monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	respiratory disease	en
dc.subject.other	standard (regulation)	en
dc.subject.other	traffic emission	en
dc.subject.other	urban pollution	en
dc.subject.other	air monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	air pollution	en
dc.subject.other	air quality standard	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	cardiovascular disease	en
dc.subject.other	concentration (parameters)	en
dc.subject.other	environmental exposure	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	health hazard	en
dc.subject.other	hospital admission	en
dc.subject.other	mortality	en
dc.subject.other	nitrous oxide emission	en
dc.subject.other	particulate matter	en
dc.subject.other	respiratory tract disease	en
dc.subject.other	traffic	en
dc.subject.other	world health organization	en
dc.subject.other	Athens [Attica]	en
dc.subject.other	Attica	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.title	Characteristics and expected health implications of annual PM10 concentrations in Athens, Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1504/IJEP.2010.032249	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJEP.2010.032249	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	Several characteristics of the annual PM10 concentrations in the Athens conurbation, together with the expected health implications, are investigated using data from the Athens network of monitoring stations. Annual PM10 concentrations show a decreasing trend; however, concentration levels are still high, exceeding the current EU air quality standard at four monitoring stations and the Air Quality Guideline (AQG) suggested by WHO at all eight stations. PM10 concentrations correlate well with those of NOx and NO2, while the results suggest that approximately 54% of the PM10 fraction is attributable to road traffic. An analysis of the health implications of the observed PM10 levels, based on a dose-response relationship, is coupled with available health-related data from the Athens area. This analysis suggests that if PM10 concentrations were reduced to the levels of the AQGs, then a significant decrease in respiratory and cardiovascular hospital admissions and mortality would be observed. Copyright © 2010 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.	en
heal.publisher	INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD	en
heal.journalName	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1504/IJEP.2010.032249	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000277279100009	en
dc.identifier.volume	41	en
dc.identifier.issue	1-2	en
dc.identifier.spage	124	en
dc.identifier.epage	139	en