Air pollution, health and social deprivation: A fine-scale risk assessment

Environmental Research

Volumn 147, Issue , 2016, Pages 59-70

  Morelli, Xavier ^a   Rieux, Camille ^b   Cyrys, Josef ^d   Forsberg, Bertil ^c   Slama, Rémy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED BIOSCIENCES   (France)

^b Histocompatibility Laboratory   (France)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Attributable risk; Burden of disease; Dispersion model; Health impact assessment; Particulate matter; Risk assessment; Social deprivation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

FRANCE; GRENOBLE; ISERE; LYONS; RHONE; RHONE-ALPES;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957606551     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.01.030     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Cui P., Huang Y., Han J., Song F., Chen K. Ambient particulate matter and lung cancer incidence and mortality: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. Eur. J. Public Health. 2015, 25(2):324-329.
2. Dadvand P., Parker J., Bell M.L., Bonzini M., Brauer M., Darrow L.A., et al. Maternal exposure to particulate air pollution and term birth weight: a multi-country evaluation of effect and heterogeneity. Environ. Health Perspect. 2013, 121(3):267-373.
3. Deguen S., Zmirou-Navier D. Social inequalities resulting from health risks related to ambient air quality-A European review. Eur. J. Public Health. 2010, 20(1):27-35.
4. Foraster M., Deltell A., Basagaña X., Medina-Ramón M., Aguilera I., Bouso L., et al. Local determinants of road traffic noise levels versus determinants of air pollution levels in a Mediterranean city. Environ. Res. 2011, 111(1):177-183.
5. Forastiere F., Stafoggia M., Tasco C., Picciotto S., Agabiti N., Cesaroni G., et al. Socioeconomic status, particulate air pollution, and daily mortality: differential exposure or differential susceptibility. Am. J. Ind. Med. 2007, 50(3):208-216.
6. Forastiere F., Badaloni C., de Hoogh K., von Kraus M.K., Martuzzi M., Mitis F., et al. Health impact assessment of waste management facilities in three European countries. Environ. Health. 2011, 10:53.
7. Gehring U., Tamburic L., Sbihi H., Davies H.W., Brauer M. Impact of noise and air pollution on pregnancy outcomes. Epidemiology 2014, 25(3):351-358.
8. Hamra G.B., Guha N., Cohen A., Laden F., Raaschou-Nielsen O., Samet J.M., et al. Outdoor particulate matter exposure and lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environ. Health Perspect. 2014, 122(9):906-911.
9. Havard S., Deguen S., Zmirou-Navier D., Schillinger C., Bard D. Traffic-related air pollution and socioeconomic status: a spatial autocorrelation study to assess environmental equity on a small-area scale. Epidemiology 2009, 20(2):223-230.
10. Hystad P., Demers P.A., Johnson K.C., Carpiano R.M., Brauer M. Long-term residential exposure to air pollution and lung cancer risk. Epidemiology 2013, 24(5):762-772.
11. IGN. BD TOPO® [Internet]. 2007. Available from: 〈〉 (cited 24.0.15). http://pro.ign.fr/bdtopo.
12. INPES, Guignard et al., 2014. Le tabagisme en France[U+202F]: analyse de l'enquête Baromètre santé 2010 [Internet]. Available from: 〈〉 (cited 24.03.15). http://www.inpes.sante.fr/Barometres/barometre-sante-2010/index.asp#tabac.
13. INSEE, 2008. IRIS - Définition [Internet]. Available from: 〈〉 (cited 24.03.15). http://www.insee.fr/fr/methodes/default.asp?page=definitions/iris.htm.
14. INSEE, 2010. Populations légales 2007 [Internet]. Available from: 〈〉 (cited 24.03.15). http://www.insee.fr/fr/ppp/bases-de-donnees/recensement/populations-legales/default.asp?annee=2007.
15. INSEE, 2013a. Naissances par commune, département et région de 2003 à 2013 [Internet]. Available from: 〈〉 (cited 24.03.15). http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/detail.asp?reg_id=99&ref_id=etat-civil-naissances.
16. INSEE, 2013b. Populations légales 2011 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer [Internet]. Available from: 〈〉 (cite 24.03.15). http://www.insee.fr/fr/ppp/bases-de-donnees/recensement/populations-legales/france-departements.asp?annee=2011.
17. INSERM, 2011. Enquête nationale périnatale 2010 [Internet]. Available from: 〈〉 (cited 24.03.15). http://www.sante.gouv.fr/enquete-nationale-perinatale-2010.html.
18. INVS, Ung, A., Pascal, M., Corso, M., Chanel, O., Declercq, C. 2013. How to perform a health impact assessment of air pollution in urban areas? Methodological guide. Saint-Maurice: Institut de veille sanitaire [Internet]. Available from: 〉 (cited 2015 Oct 1.10.15). http://www.invs.sante.fr.
19. Jerrett M., Arain A., Kanaroglou P., Beckerman B., Potoglou D., Sahsuvaroglu T., et al. A review and evaluation of intraurban air pollution exposure models. J. Expo. Anal. Environ. Epidemiol. 2005, 15(2):185-204.
20. Künzli N., Jerrett M., Garcia-Esteban R., Basagaña X., Beckermann B., Gilliland F., et al. Ambient air pollution and the progression of atherosclerosis in adults. PLoS One 2010, 5(2):e9096.
21. Kruize H., Driessen P.P.J., Glasbergen P., van Egmond K.N.D. Environmental equity and the role of public policy: experiences in the Rijnmond region. Environ. Manag. 2007, 40(4):578-595.
22. Lepeule J., Laden F., Dockery D., Schwartz J. Chronic exposure to fine particles and mortality: an extended follow-up of the Harvard Six Cities study from 1974 to 2009. Environ. Health Perspect. 2012, 120(7):965-970.
23. MacIntyre E.A., Karr C.J., Koehoorn M., Demers P.A., Tamburic L., Lencar C., et al. Residential air pollution and otitis media during the first two years of life. Epidemiology 2011, 22(1):81-89.
24. Nafstad P., Håheim L.L., Oftedal B., Gram F., Holme I., Hjermann I., et al. Lung cancer and air pollution: a 27 year follow up of 16 209 Norwegian men. Thorax 2003, 58(12):1071-1076.
25. Namdeo A., Stringer C. Investigating the relationship between air pollution, health and social deprivation in Leeds, UK. Environ. Int. 2008, 34(5):585-591.
26. Orru H., Teinemaa E., Lai T., Tamm T., Kaasik M., Kimmel V., et al. Health impact assessment of particulate pollution in Tallinn using fine spatial resolution and modeling techniques. Environ. Health. 2009, 8:7.
27. Padilla C.M., Kihal-Talantikite W., Vieira V.M., Rossello P., Nir G.L., Zmirou-Navier D., et al. Air quality and social deprivation in four French metropolitan areas-A localized spatio-temporal environmental inequality analysis. Environ. Res. 2014, 134:315-324.
28. Pascal M., Corso M., Chanel O., Declercq C., Badaloni C., Cesaroni G., et al. Assessing the public health impacts of urban air pollution in 25 European cities: results of the Aphekom project. Sci. Total Environ. 2013, 449:390-400.
29. Pedersen M., Giorgis-Allemand L., Bernard C., Aguilera I., Andersen A.-M.N., Ballester F., et al. Ambient air pollution and low birthweight: a European cohort study (ESCAPE). Lancet Respir. Med. 2013, 1(9):695-704.
30. Pérez L., Sunyer J., Künzli N. Estimating the health and economic benefits associated with reducing air pollution in the Barcelona metropolitan area (Spain). Gac. Sanit. 2009, 23(4):287-294.
31. Peters A. Ambient particulate matter and the risk for cardiovascular disease. Prog. Cardiovasc. Dis. 2011, 53(5):327-333.
32. Pieters N., Koppen G., Van Poppel M., De Prins S., Cox B., Dons E., et al. Blood pressure and same-day exposure to air pollution at school: associations with nano-sized to coarse PM in children. Environ. Health Perspect. 2015, 123(7):737-742.
33. Pope C.A., Dockery D.W. Health effects of fine particulate air pollution: lines that connect. J. Air Waste Manag. Assoc. 2006, 56(6):709-742.
34. Pornet C., Delpierre C., Dejardin O., Grosclaude P., Launay L., Guittet L., et al. Construction of an adaptable European transnational ecological deprivation index: the French version. J. Epidemiol. Community Health 2012, 66(11):982-989.
35. Raaschou-Nielsen O., Andersen Z.J., Beelen R., Samoli E., Stafoggia M., Weinmayr G., et al. Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts: prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE). Lancet Oncol. 2013, 14(9):813-822.
36. Rojas-Rueda D., de Nazelle A., Teixidó O., Nieuwenhuijsen M.J. Replacing car trips by increasing bike and public transport in the greater Barcelona metropolitan area: a health impact assessment study. Environ. Int. 2012, 49:100-109.
37. Rojas-Rueda D., de Nazelle A., Teixidó O., Nieuwenhuijsen M.J. Health impact assessment of increasing public transport and cycling use in Barcelona: a morbidity and burden of disease approach. Prev. Med. 2013, 57(5):573-579.
38. Shah P.S., Balkhair T. Knowledge synthesis group on determinants of preterm/LBW births. Air pollution and birth outcomes: a systematic review. Environ. Int. 2011, 37(2):498-516.
39. Soulhac L., Salizzoni P., Cierco F.-X., Perkins R. The model SIRANE for atmospheric urban pollutant dispersion; part I, presentation of the model. Atmos. Environ. 2011, 45(39):7379-7395.
40. Soulhac L., Salizzoni P., Mejean P., Didier D., Rios I. The model SIRANE for atmospheric urban pollutant dispersion; PART II, validation of the model on a real case study. Atmos. Environ. 2012, 49:320-337.
41. Sousa S.I.V., Pires J.C.M., Martins E.M., Fortes J.D.N., Alvim-Ferraz M.C.M., Martins F.G. Short-term effects of air pollution on respiratory morbidity at Rio de Janeiro-Part II: health assessment. Environ. Int. 2012, 43:1-5.
42. Strand L.B., Barnett A.G., Tong S. The influence of season and ambient temperature on birth outcomes: a review of the epidemiological literature. Environ. Res. 2011, 111(3):451-462.
43. Thomas D., Stram D., Dwyer J. Exposure measurement error: influence on exposure-disease. Relationships and methods of correction. Annu. Rev. Public Health 1993, 14:69-93.
44. Wilhelm M., Ghosh J.K., Su J., Cockburn M., Jerrett M., Ritz B. Traffic-related air toxics and term low birth weight in Los Angeles County, California. Environ. Health Perspect. 2012, 120(1):132-138.
45. World Health Organization, 2005. WHO Air quality guidelines for particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide [Internet]. Available from: 〈〉 (cited 24.03.15). http://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/outdoorair_aqg/en/.
46. World Health Organization, 2013. Review of evidence on health aspects of air pollution - REVIHAAP project: final technical report [Internet]. Available from: 〈〉 (cited 24.03.15). http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/air-quality/publications/2013/review-of-evidence-on-health-aspects-of-air-pollution-revihaap-project-final-technical-report.
47. World Health Organization, 2014. WHO Expert Meeting: Methods and tools for assessing the health risks of air pollution local, national and international level (meeting report) [Internet]. Available from: 〈〉 (cited 24.03.15). http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/air-quality/publications/2014/who-expert-meeting-methods-and-tools-for-assessing-the-health-risks-of-air-pollution-at-local,-national-and-international-level.