La evaluación del impacto en salud de la contaminación atmosférica
ISSN: 1697-2791
Año de publicación: 2003
Título del ejemplar: VII Congreso Nacional de Sanidad Ambiental. Los sistemas de información y la evaluación del riesgo
Volumen: 3
Número: 2
Páginas: 102-107
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Revista de Salud Ambiental
Resumen
In recent years, an important number of studies, carried out in different cities, have found that, even bellow air quality levels considered as safe, increases in the levels of air pollution are associated with harmful effects on health. Epidemiology has played a major role in the evaluation of the impact of air pollution on health, since it provides proofs of the association among human populations within natural conditions. Also, toxicology and clinical sciences provide convincing proofs on the etiopathogenic mechanisms of such associations. The purpose of the evaluation of impact on health is to quantify the expected number of people whose health is affected due to a specific exposure situation. In Europe, since three years ago, the APHEIS project, with 26 participating cities, has established an environmental health surveillance system which includes a database of air pollution and health. This is aimed at quantifying the effects of air pollution on public health at local, national and European levels, as well as distributing standardised reports about air pollution impact on public health