Health impact assessment of port-sourced air pollution in Barcelona
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- dc.contributor.author Mueller, Natalie, 1988-
- dc.contributor.author Cirach, Marta
- dc.contributor.author Ambrós, Albert
- dc.contributor.author Daher, Carolyn
- dc.contributor.author Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
- dc.contributor.author Basagaña Flores, Xavier
- dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-26T07:34:41Z
- dc.date.available 2024-11-26T07:34:41Z
- dc.date.issued 2024
- dc.description.abstract Introduction: Air pollution is a major health risk factor. Ports might be an understudied source of air pollution. Methods: We conducted a spatial health impact assessment (HIA) of port-sourced air pollution for Barcelona for 2017 at the neighbourhood level. Total NO2 and PM10 and port-sourced NO2, PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations were available through the ADMS-Urban model. Population data, mortality and morbidity data, and risk estimates were obtained. We followed standard HIA methodologies and calculated relative risks and impact fractions for 1.35 million adults living in 73 neighbourhoods. Results: The city-wide mean total NO2 and PM10 concentrations were 37.88 μg/m3 (range: 19.61-52.17 μg/m3) and 21.68 μg/m3 (range: 17.33-26.69 μg/m3), respectively, of which 7% (range: 2-36%) and 1% (range: 0-7%) were port-sourced, respectively. The mean port-sourced PM2.5 concentration was 0.19 μg/m3 (range: 0.06-1.38 μg/m3). We estimated that 1,123 (PI: 0-3,060) and 1,230 (95% CI: 0-2,566) premature deaths were attributable to total NO2 and PM10, respectively, of which 8.1% (91; PI: 0-264) and 1.1% (13; 95% CI 0-29) were attributable to port-sourced NO2 and PM10, respectively. 20 (95% CI: 15-26) premature deaths were attributable to port-sourced PM2.5. Additionally, a considerable morbidity burden and losses in life expectancy were attributable to port-sourced air pollution. Neighbourhoods closest to the port in the south-east were most adversely affected, gradually decreasing towards the north-west. Conclusions: The port is an understudied air pollution source in Barcelona with strong health impacts. Cities need local insight into health risk factors, their sources, attributable burdens and distributions for defining targeted policies.
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- dc.identifier.citation Mueller N, Cirach M, Ambros A, Daher C, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Basagaña X. Health impact assessment of port-sourced air pollution in Barcelona. PLoS One. 2024 Aug 30;19(8):e0305236. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305236
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305236
- dc.identifier.issn 1932-6203
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68814
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- dc.relation.ispartof PLoS One. 2024 Aug 30;19(8):e0305236
- dc.rights © 2024 Mueller et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- dc.subject.keyword Air pollution
- dc.subject.keyword Cities
- dc.subject.keyword Ships
- dc.subject.keyword Neighborhoods
- dc.subject.keyword Fuels
- dc.subject.keyword Cardiovascular diseases
- dc.subject.keyword Death rates
- dc.subject.keyword Medical risk factors
- dc.title Health impact assessment of port-sourced air pollution in Barcelona
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