Título
Retrospective health impact assessment for ozone pollution in Mexico City from 1991 to 2011
Autor
OSCAR BORREGO HERNANDEZ
Agustin Garcia
MARIO MIGUEL OJEDA RAMIREZ
MANUEL SUAREZ LASTRA
Nivel de Acceso
Acceso Abierto
Referencia de publicación
URL/http://www.revistascca.unam.mx/atm/index.php/atm/article/view/45547
Materias
CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA - (CTI) Ozone exposure - ([Atmósfera Vol 27, No 3 (2014), ISSN: 0187-6236]) - ([Atmósfera Vol 27, No 3 (2014), ISSN: 0187-6236]) health impact assessment - ([Atmósfera Vol 27, No 3 (2014), ISSN: 0187-6236]) - ([Atmósfera Vol 27, No 3 (2014), ISSN: 0187-6236]) objective analysis - ([Atmósfera Vol 27, No 3 (2014), ISSN: 0187-6236]) - ([Atmósfera Vol 27, No 3 (2014), ISSN: 0187-6236]) mobile population - ([Atmósfera Vol 27, No 3 (2014), ISSN: 0187-6236]) - ([Atmósfera Vol 27, No 3 (2014), ISSN: 0187-6236])
Resumen o descripción
Air pollution is the main environmental issue in Mexico City, where ozone is one of the most damaging pollutants for human health. In this work we present a retrospective health impact assessment (HIA) study split up by age groups for evaluating the benefits of ozone regulatory strategies from 1991 to 2011 in Mexico City. Since people move from one place to another during the day, which may affect their potential exposure to pollutants, we consider time-dependant spatial population distributions during the day. Ozone data is made up of observations taken with hourly frequency from January 1, 1991 to December 31, 2011, at approximately 22 stations of the monitoring network of Mexico City. Interpolated values for unknown locations are also taken into accountin the HIA. The Cressman objective analysis method is applied for interpolating the observed ozone concentrationsfrom monitoring stations to grids of convenient resolution. We demonstrate that different age groupspresent different spatial patterns of exposure, being the working-age people (between 18 and 64 years) the mostbenefited. We also confirm the hypothesis that, in general, people move to less polluted regions during the day.
Editor
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera
Fecha de publicación
julio de 2014
Tipo de publicación
Artículo
Versión de la publicación
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application/pdf
Fuente
Atmósfera Vol 27, No 3 (2014)
ISSN: 0187-6236
Idioma
Inglés
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Repositorio Orígen
Repositorio Institucional del Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera de la UNAM
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