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Author Fauser, Patrik, author

Title Risk of air pollution in relation to cancer in the Nordic countries / Fauser, P., Ketzel, M., Becker, T., Plejdrup, M., Brandt, J., Gidhagen, L., Omstedt, G., Sk̄rman, T., Bartonova, A., Schwarze, P., Karvosenoja, N., Paunu, V-V., Kukkonen, J. and Karppinen, A
Published Copenhagen : Nordic Council of Ministers, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series TemaNord
TemaNord.
Contents Foreword -- Summary -- Project aims and outlook -- Introduction: Air concentrations and cancer risk -- Denmark -- Finland -- Sweden -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Acknowledgements -- References
Summary Seventeen pollutants (particles, heavy metals, inorganic gasses and organic compounds) are for the first time analyzed in a screening of the carcinogenic risk at very high resolution and large scale in ambient air in the Nordic countries. Modelled 2010 annual mean air concentrations show no exceedances of the EU air quality values. The only exceedance of US-EPA 1:100,000 cancer risk concentrations occurs for the PAH BaP in Denmark. However, the EU target value threshold for BaP is not exceeded. No emission data for BaP are available for the other countries and important uncertainties are still related to the Danish emissions. Long-range transport is significant except for BaP that originates mostly from residential wood combustion. It is recommended to monitor the influence from residential wood combustion more extensively, and to analyze longer time trends for long-term human exposure
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 14, 2016)
Subject Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects -- Scandinavia
Lungs -- Cancer -- Risk factors
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects
Lungs -- Cancer -- Risk factors
Scandinavia
Form Electronic book
Author Ketzel, Matthias, author
Becker, Thomas, author
Plejdrup, Marlene, author
Brandt, Jørgen, author
Gidhagen, Lars, author
Omstedt, Gunnar, author
Skårman, Tina, author
Bartonova, Tina, author
Schwarze, Per, author
Karvosenoja, Niko, author
Paunu, Ville-Veikko, author
Kukkonen, Jaakko, author
Karppinen, Ari, author
ISBN 9789289346344
9289346345