Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Methods Matter: A Comparative Review of Health Risk Assessments for Ambient Air Pollution in Switzerland |
| Authors: |
Alberto Castro, Martin Röösli, Kees de Hoogh, Ron Kappeler, Meltem Kutlar Joss, Danielle Vienneau, Nino Künzli |
| Source: |
Public Health Reviews, Vol 43 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media S.A., 2022. |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
Switzerland, air pollution, burden of disease, particulate matter, health risk assessment, health impact assessment, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: |
Objectives: Air pollution health risk assessments (AP-HRAs) provide a method to quantify health effects for entire populations. In Switzerland, AP-HRAs are included in Swiss assessments for Transport Externalities (STEs), ordered by public authorities since the 1990s. This study aimed to describe the differences among national and international AP-HRAs for Switzerland.Methods: We compared input data, approaches and results across AP-HRAs over time. Results and input data for each AP-HRA were expressed as a ratio compared to the most recent STE (in most cases STE-2010).Results: Substantial variation across AP-HRAs was found. For all-cause adult mortality attributed to particulate matter (the most frequent outcome-pollutant pair), the ratio in HRAs oscillated from 0.40 to 2.09 (times the STE-2010 value). Regarding input data, the ratio ranged from 0.69 to 1.26 for population exposure, from 0 to 1.81 for counterfactual scenario, from 0.96 to 1.13 for concentration-response function and from 1.03 to 1.13 for baseline health data.Conclusion: This study demonstrates that methods matter for AP-HRAs. Transparent and possibly standardized reporting of key input data and assumptions should be promoted to facilitate comparison of AP-HRAs. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2107-6952 |
| Relation: |
https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/phrs.2022.1604431/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2107-6952 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/phrs.2022.1604431 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/715d21d232b6428385f38cd144710882 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.715d21d232b6428385f38cd144710882 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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