Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Their Global Atmospheric Emissions, Transport, And Lung Cancer Risk (springer Theses)
by Huizhong Shen /
2016 / English / PDF
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This thesis presents a comprehensive analysis of the global
health impacts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in
ambient air, conducted on the basis of a high-resolution emission
inventory, global chemical transport modeling, and probabilistic
risk assessment. One of the main strengths of the thesis is the
concentration downscaling process, which provides a linkage
between emissions and exposure concentrations at a comparatively
high resolution. Moreover, by focusing on individual
susceptibility, the thesis proposes an instrumental revision of
current risk assessment methodology and argues that, if
individual susceptibility were not taken into consideration, the
overall risk would be underestimated by 55% and the proportion of
highly vulnerable populations would be underestimated by more
than 90%.
This thesis presents a comprehensive analysis of the global
health impacts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in
ambient air, conducted on the basis of a high-resolution emission
inventory, global chemical transport modeling, and probabilistic
risk assessment. One of the main strengths of the thesis is the
concentration downscaling process, which provides a linkage
between emissions and exposure concentrations at a comparatively
high resolution. Moreover, by focusing on individual
susceptibility, the thesis proposes an instrumental revision of
current risk assessment methodology and argues that, if
individual susceptibility were not taken into consideration, the
overall risk would be underestimated by 55% and the proportion of
highly vulnerable populations would be underestimated by more
than 90%.
