Intake fraction for benzene traffic emissions in Helsinki

Soares, J; Karppinen, Ari; Kangas, L; Jantunen, M; Kukkonen, J

HERO ID

1568110

Reference Type

Book/Book Chapter

Year

2008

Language

English

HERO ID 1568110
Year 2008
Title Intake fraction for benzene traffic emissions in Helsinki
Book Title Nato Science for Peace and Security Series C - Environmental Security
Authors Soares, J; Karppinen, Ari; Kangas, L; Jantunen, M; Kukkonen, J
Page Numbers 719-720
Abstract Benzene (Bz) is well known for its haema and genotoxicity and the carcinogenic effect associated with long time exposure. in urban environment, traffic is an important source for ambient air Bz concentrations. In order to quantify emission-to-intake relationships, intake fraction (iF) was defined as the integrated incremental intake of Bz released from a source (or source category) and summed over all exposed individuals during a given exposure time, per unit of emitted pollutant (Bennet et al., 2000). iF takes into account the dispersion of pollutants, locations and activity of population, and human breathing rates. The calculated iF for Bz is directly applicable to any other inert substance emitted by the traffic, e.g. CO, NOX, so the calculations also provide a ready-to-use too] for health effects studies concerning other pollutants and emission scenarios. This study calculates the spatial distribution of average benzene iF for Helsinki Metropolitan Area (HMA) using the EXPAND model (Kousa et al., 2002). The spatial Bz concentration distributions were obtained by using dispersion models: CAR-FMI (Karppinen et al., 2000) and OSPM (Berkowicz, 2000). A constant breathing rate of 1 m(3) /day was considered. The EXPAND results for 2000 are shown in Figure 1.
Doi 10.1007/978-1-4020-8453-9_103
Wosid WOS:000258072800103
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