The effects of the traffic restriction scheme (Ecopass) in Milan city center on particulate matter urban pollution: The results of a pilot study;L'effetto del provvedimento di restrizione del traffico nel centra di Milano (Ecopass) sull'inquinamento urbano da polveri: I risultati di uno studio pilota

Epidemiologia e Prevenzione

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 21-26

  Ruprecht, Ario A ^a   Invernizzi, Giovanni ^a  

^a Laboratorio per la Ricerca Ambientale   (Italy)

Author keywords

"Ecopass" congestion charging; Emissions reduction; PM 10 pollution; Urban vehicular traffic

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH; HUMAN; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT STUDY; POLLUTION; STANDARD; TAX;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; ITALY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT PROJECTS; TAXES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 68549097934     PISSN: 11209763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Dockery DW, Pope III CA, Xu. X, Spengler JD, Ware JH, Fay ME, Ferris Jr. BG, Speizer FE. An association between air pollution and mortality in six US cities. New Engl J Med 1993;329:1753-59.
2. Biggeri A, Bellini P, Terracini B. Meta-analysis of the Italian studies on short-term effects of air pollution-MISA 1996-2002. Epidemiol Prev 2004;28(4-5 Suppl):4-100.
3. Künzli N, Perez L, Lurmann F, Hricko A, Penfold B, McConnell R. An attributable risk model for exposures assumed to cause both chronic disease and its exacerbations. Epidemiology 2008;19:179-85.
4. Bratti A. Inquinamento atmosferico e politica dell'aria in Pianura Padana. ARPA Emilia Romagna 2005. Disponibile online: http://www. climatealliance.it/public/allegato/Bratti.pdf.
5. Central London Congestion Chargining. Transport for London. 2006. Disponibile online: http://www.tfl.gov. uk/assets/downloads/ FourthAnnualReportFinal.pdf.
6. Tonne C, Beevers S, Armstrong B, Kelly F, Wilkinson P. Air pollution and mortality benefits of the London Congestion Charge: spatial and socioeconomic inequalities. Occup Environ Med 2008;65:620-27.
7. Ecopass: meno traffico, più aria pulita. Comune di Milano. Disponibile online, http://www.comune.milano. it/dseserver/ecopass/index.html.
8. Nardini S, Cagnin R, Invernizzi G, Ruprecht R, Boffi R, Formentoni S. Indoor particulate matter measurement as a tool in the process of implementation of Smoke-free Hospitals: a preliminary report. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 2004;61(3):183-92.
9. th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Bejing, Tsinghua University Press 2005.
10. Ruprecht A, Boffi R, Mazza R, Rossetti E, De Marco C, Invernizzi G. Un confronto tra la qualità dell'aria nei luoghi pubblici prima e dopo l'introduzione della legge sul fumo passive in Italia. Epidem Prev 2006;30(6):334-37
11. Guptaa P, Christopher SA, Wangb J, Gehrig R, Leed YC, Kumar N. Satellite remote sensing of particulate matter and air quality assessment over global cities. Atmos Environ 2006;40:5880-92.
12. Goodman P, Agnew M, McCaffrey M, Paul G, Clancy L. Effects of the Irish smoking ban on respiratory health of bar workers and air quality in Dublin pubs. Am J Respir Cm Care Med 2007;175:840-45.
13. Progetto MAPPA: Provincia di Milano. 2008. Disponibile online: http://www.provincia.milano. it/ambiente/obiettivo/progetto-mappa-2008.pdf.
14. WHO Air Quality Guidelines Global Update 2005. Disponibile online: http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E87950.pdf.
15. Wuebbles DJ, Lei H, Lin J. Intercontinental transport of aerosols and photochemical oxidants from Asia and its consequences. Environ Pollut 2007;150:65-84.
16. Morawska L., Thomas S., Gilbert B., Greenaway C, Rijnders E. A study of the horizontal and vertical profile of submicrometer particles in relation to a busy road. Atmos Environ 1999;33:1261-74.
17. x close to a motorway. Atmos Environ 2005;39:5710-21.
18. Park DU, Ha KC. Characteristics of PM10, PM2.5, C02 and CO monitored in interiors and platforms of subway train in Seoul, Korea. Environ Int 2008;34:629-34.
19. Johansson C, Johansson PA. Particulate matter in the underground of Stockholm. Atmos Environ 2003;37:3-9.
20. Invernizzi G, Ruprecht A, Bettoncelli G, Sasco AJ. Air Quality in Subway Platforms and Carriages of Six Major Cities. Abs 848. ISEE-ISEA Conference. Pasadena (USA), October 14-18, 2008.