Estimating health risk from dust dispersion during a potential collapse of a severely contaminated building

Myrgiotis, V; Damigos, D; Kaliampakos, D

dc.contributor.author	Myrgiotis, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Damigos, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Kaliampakos, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:01:58Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:01:58Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.issn	09640568	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29282
dc.subject	Air dispersion modelling	en
dc.subject	Emergency exposure	en
dc.subject	Health risk analysis	en
dc.subject.other	air quality	en
dc.subject.other	atmospheric pollution	en
dc.subject.other	building	en
dc.subject.other	dispersion	en
dc.subject.other	dust	en
dc.subject.other	health impact	en
dc.subject.other	health risk	en
dc.subject.other	pollution exposure	en
dc.subject.other	risk assessment	en
dc.title	Estimating health risk from dust dispersion during a potential collapse of a severely contaminated building	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1080/09640568.2011.571493	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2011.571493	en
heal.publicationDate	2011	en
heal.abstract	The paper presents a risk analysis that was conducted in order to estimate the adverse health effects anticipated from the potential collapse of a historically contaminated building. Towards this direction several dust dispersion scenarios were simulated, and the resulting concentrations of the contaminants of concern were compared to appropriate emergency exposure limits. The results indicate that irreversible or other serious health effects could occur, especially among the most vulnerable groups of the population. However, these worrying findings were helpful towards accelerating the approval process of the proposed remedial measures, which are expected to start shortly. © 2011 University of Newcastle upon Tyne.	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1080/09640568.2011.571493	en
dc.identifier.volume	54	en
dc.identifier.issue	9	en
dc.identifier.spage	1279	en
dc.identifier.epage	1292	en