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Development of land use regression models for particle composition in twenty study areas in Europe

  • Kees De Hoogh
  • , Meng Wang
  • , Martin Adam
  • , Chiara Badaloni
  • , Rob Beelen
  • , Matthias Birk
  • , Giulia Cesaroni
  • , Marta Cirach
  • , Christophe Declercq
  • , Audrius Dědelě
  • , Evi Dons
  • , Audrey De Nazelle
  • , Marloes Eeftens
  • , Kirsten Eriksen
  • , Charlotta Eriksson
  • , Paul Fischer
  • , Regina Gražulevičieně
  • , Alexandros Gryparis
  • , Barbara Hoffmann
  • , Michael Jerrett
  • Klea Katsouyanni, Minas Iakovides, Timo Lanki, Sarah Lindley, Christian Madsen, Anna Mölter, Gioia Mosler, Gizella Nádor, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Göran Pershagen, Annette Peters, Harisch Phuleria, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen, Ulrich Quass, Andrea Ranzi, Euripides Stephanou, Dorothea Sugiri, Per Schwarze, Ming Yi Tsai, Tarja Yli-Tuomi, Mihály J. Varró, Danielle Vienneau, Gudrun Weinmayr, Bert Brunekreef, Gerard Hoek
  • Imperial College London
  • Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
  • University of Basel
  • Department of Epidemiology Lazio Regional Health Service
  • Utrecht University
  • HMGU Institute of Epidemiology I
  • (ISGlobal) Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
  • Hospital del Mar
  • Centro de Investigación Biomédicaen Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP)
  • French Institute for Public Health Surveillance
  • Vytautas Magnus University
  • Flemish Institute for Technological Research
  • Hasselt University
  • Danish Cancer Society
  • Karolinska Institutet
  • National Institute of Public Health and the Environment
  • Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • University of Crete
  • National Institute for Health and Welfare
  • University of Manchester
  • Norwegian Institute of Public Health
  • Hungarian National Institute of Environmental Health
  • HMGU Institute of Epidemiology II
  • Air Quality and Sustainable Nanotechnology
  • ARPA Emilia Romagna
  • University of Washington

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Abstract

Land Use Regression (LUR) models have been used to describe and model spatial variability of annual mean concentrations of traffic related pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM). No models have yet been published of elemental composition. As part of the ESCAPE project, we measured the elemental composition in both the PM10 and PM2.5 fraction sizes at 20 sites in each of 20 study areas across Europe. LUR models for eight a priori selected elements (copper (Cu), iron (Fe), potassium (K), nickel (Ni), sulfur (S), silicon (Si), vanadium (V), and zinc (Zn)) were developed. Good models were developed for Cu, Fe, and Zn in both fractions (PM10 and PM 2.5) explaining on average between 67 and 79% of the concentration variance (R2) with a large variability between areas. Traffic variables were the dominant predictors, reflecting nontailpipe emissions. Models for V and S in the PM10 and PM2.5 fractions and Si, Ni, and K in the PM10 fraction performed moderately with R2 ranging from 50 to 61%. Si, NI, and K models for PM2.5 performed poorest with R2 under 50%. The LUR models are used to estimate exposures to elemental composition in the health studies involved in ESCAPE.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5778-5786
Number of pages9
JournalEnvironmental Science and Technology
Volume47
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 4 2013

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