West Africa-Michigan CHARTER II in GEOHealth: Climate variables, ambient air quality and human exposure to environmental pollutants
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: TPS 651: Air pollution exposure modeling 1, Exhibition Hall, Ground floor, August 27, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM The sensitivity of air pollution; and for that matter human exposure to environmental pollutants, to climate change reflects the strong dependence of air quality on weather conditions and climatic factors. There is overwhelming scientific evidence linking human health outcomes to climate variability and climate change influences. Many recent studies have provided evidence of linkage between daily hospitalization and extreme weather events such as heat waves and extreme cold conditions. Whereas past studies have tended to focus on the relationship between climate change on a large scale and long term human health effects, there is a current lack of studies which focus on the association between climate variability over small area (small scale) and short-term human health effects. Moreover, no studies are currently investigating the influence of changes in daily weather conditions such as temperature, humidity and wind speed on daily personal exposures to environmental contaminants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other chemical mixtures. To fill this research gap, the U01 research agenda of the Michigan-West Africa CHARTER II in GEOHealth focuses on ambient and personal air quality monitoring and in this presentation we describe our approaches to achieving this objective.
Source: Environmental Epidemiology
Authors: Fobil J, Arko-Mensah J, Basu N, Batterman S, Robins T
Institutions: University of Ghana, McGill University, University of Michigan
Language: English
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,200
OpenAlex ID: W2981689706