A Conceptual Framework for the Assessment of Cumulative Exposure to Air Pollution at a Fine Spatial Scale

Kihal-Talantikite Wahida, Cindy M. Padilla, Zmirou-Navier Denis, Blanchard Olivier, Le Nir Géraldine, Quenel Philippe and Deguen Séverine
Additional contact information
Kihal-Talantikite Wahida: School of Public Health (EHESP), Rennes, Cedex 35043, France
Cindy M. Padilla: School of Public Health (EHESP), Rennes, Cedex 35043, France
Zmirou-Navier Denis: School of Public Health (EHESP), Rennes, Cedex 35043, France
Blanchard Olivier: School of Public Health (EHESP), Rennes, Cedex 35043, France
Le Nir Géraldine: Air Quality Monitoring Associations (AASQA), Airparif, Paris 75004, France
Quenel Philippe: School of Public Health (EHESP), Rennes, Cedex 35043, France
Deguen Séverine: School of Public Health (EHESP), Rennes, Cedex 35043, France

IJERPH, 2016, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-21

Abstract: Many epidemiological studies examining long-term health effects of exposure to air pollutants have characterized exposure by the outdoor air concentrations at sites that may be distant to subjects’ residences at different points in time. The temporal and spatial mobility of subjects and the spatial scale of exposure assessment could thus lead to misclassification in the cumulative exposure estimation. This paper attempts to fill the gap regarding cumulative exposure assessment to air pollution at a fine spatial scale in epidemiological studies investigating long-term health effects. We propose a conceptual framework showing how major difficulties in cumulative long-term exposure assessment could be surmounted. We then illustrate this conceptual model on the case of exposure to NO 2 following two steps: (i) retrospective reconstitution of NO 2 concentrations at a fine spatial scale; and (ii) a novel approach to assigning the time-relevant exposure estimates at the census block level, using all available data on residential mobility throughout a 10- to 20-year period prior to that for which the health events are to be detected. Our conceptual framework is both flexible and convenient for the needs of different epidemiological study designs.

Keywords: air pollution; long-term; cumulative exposure assessment; residential mobility; fine spatial scale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/3/319/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/3/319/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:13:y:2016:i:3:p:319-:d:65778

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().