Grantee Research Project Results
Final Report: Development and Assessment of Environmental Indicators: Application to Mobile Source Impacts on Emissions, Air Quality and Health Outcomes
EPA Grant Number: R833626Title: Development and Assessment of Environmental Indicators: Application to Mobile Source Impacts on Emissions, Air Quality and Health Outcomes
Investigators: Russell, Armistead G. , Sarnat, Stefanie Ebelt , Mulholland, James , Sarnat, Jeremy , Klein, Mitchel , Tolbert, Paige
Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology , Emory University
EPA Project Officer: Hahn, Intaek
Project Period: October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2010 (Extended to September 30, 2011)
Project Amount: $499,512
RFA: Development of Environmental Health Outcome Indicators (2006) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Air Quality and Air Toxics , Air Toxics , Human Health , Air
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Environmental indicators were developed and evaluated to assess the impact of mobile sources on emissions, air quality and health outcomes. Single species and multipollutant indicators are discussed. CO, NOx and EC were used in the construction of integrated mobile source indicators (IMSI). IMSI have stronger spatial representativeness, suggesting they are better indicators of the regional impact of mobile sources. They agree well with observed trends of traffic and they have stronger associations with emergency department visits for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), possibly due to their better spatial representativeness. The changes in the incidence of adverse CVD impacts as result of the change in indicators of mobile source activity were examined. Single and multipollutant indicators were compared, finding that a multipollutant framework is more consistent to understanding health risk from mobiles source emissions than using single species. The concept of indicator sets, which include a group of indicators and their relationships, along with associated attributes, facilitates a comprehensive analysis of the air quality chain, from emissions to ambient concentrations and to health outcomes. This proposed framework is of great utility for policy makers in the setting of cost-benefit analysis of air pollution reduction
Journal Articles on this Report : 13 Displayed | Download in RIS Format
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Darrow LA, Klein M, Sarnat JA, Mulholland JA, Strickland MJ, Sarnat SE, Russell AG, Tolbert PE. The use of alternative pollutant metrics in time-series studies of ambient air pollution and respiratory emergency department visits. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2011;21(1):10-19. |
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Demokritou P, Kavouras IG, Harrison D, Koutrakis P. Development and evaluation of an impactor for a PM2.5 speciation sampler. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 2001;51(4):514-523. |
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Flanders WD, Klein M, Darrow LA, Strickland MJ, Sarnat SE, Sarnat JA, Waller LA, Winquist A, Tolbert PE. A method for detection of residual confounding in time-series and other observational studies. Epidemiology 2011;22(1):59-67. |
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Flanders WD, Klein M, Darrow LA, Strickland MJ, Sarnat SE, Sarnat JA, Waller LA, Winquist A, Tolbert PE. A method to detect residual confounding in spatial and other observational studies. Epidemiology 2011;22(6):823-826. |
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Goldman GT, Mulholland JA, Russell AG, Gass K, Strickland MJ, Tolbert PE. Characterization of ambient air pollution measurement error in a time-series health study using a geostatistical simulation approach. Atmospheric Environment 2012;57:101-108. |
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Ivey C, Holmes H, Shi G, Balachandran S, Hu Y, Russell AG. Development of PM2.5 source profiles using a hybrid chemical transport-receptor modeling approach. Environmental Science & Technology 2017;51(23):13788-13796. |
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Lamy F, Bolte J, Santelmann M, Smith C. Development and evaluation of multiple-objective decision-making methods for watershed management planning. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 2002;38(2):517-529. |
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Maier ML, Balachandran S, Sarnat SE, Turner JR, Mulholland JA, Russell AG. Application of an ensemble-trained source apportionment approach at a site impacted by multiple point sources. Environmental Science & Technology 2013;47(8):3743-3751. |
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Pachon JE, Balachandran S, Hu Y, Weber RJ, Mulholland JA, Russell AG. Comparison of SOC estimates and uncertainties from aerosol chemical composition and gas phase data in Atlanta. Atmospheric Environment 2010;44 (32):3907-3914. |
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Pachon JE, Balachandran S, Hu Y, Mulholland JA, Darrow LA, Sarnat JA, Tolbert PE, Russell AG. Development of outcome-based, multipollutant mobile source indicators. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 2012;62(4):431-442. |
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Pachon JE, Weber RJ, Zhang X, Mulholland JA, Russell AG. Revising the use of potassium (K) in the source apportionment of PM2.5. Atmospheric Pollution Research 2013;4(1):14-21. |
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Redman JD, Holmes HA, Balachandran S, Maier ML, Zhai X, Ivey C, Digby K, Mulholland JA, Russell AG. Development and evaluation of a daily temporal interpolation model for fine particulate matter species concentrations and source apportionment. Atmospheric Environment 2016;140:529-538. |
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Sarnat JA, Moise T, Shpund J, Liu Y, Pachon JE, Qasrawi R, Abdeen Z, Brenner, S, Nassar K, Saleh R, Schauer JJ. Assessing the spatial and temporal variability of fine particulate matter components in Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian cities. Atmospheric Environment 2010;44(20):2383-2392. |
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Supplemental Keywords:
Indicators, IMSI, Secondary Organic Carbon (SOC), Mobile sources, Health residualsProgress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.