Baldauf R W, Lane D D, Marote G A
University of Kansas, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Environ Monit Assess. 2001 Jan;66(1):63-76. doi: 10.1023/a:1026428214799.
Existing methods of establishing ambient air quality monitoring networks typically evaluate only parameters related to ambient concentrations of the contaminant(s) of interest such as emission source characteristics, atmospheric transport and dispersion, secondary reactions, deposition characteristics, and local topography. However, adverse health risks from exposures to airborne contaminants are a function of the contaminant and the anatomic and physiologic characteristics of the exposed population. Thus, ambient air quality monitoring networks designed for the protection of public health or for epidemiological studies evaluating adverse health impacts from exposures to ambient air contaminants should account for both contaminant characteristics and human health parameters. A methodology has been established which optimizes ambient air quality monitoring networks for assessments of adverse human health impacts from exposures to airborne contaminants by incorporating human health risk assessment techniques. The use of risk assessment techniques as the basis for designing ambient air quality monitoring networks will help to target limited financial and human resources to evaluate human health risks from exposures to airborne contaminants.
现有的建立环境空气质量监测网络的方法通常仅评估与目标污染物的环境浓度相关的参数，如排放源特征、大气传输与扩散、二次反应、沉降特征和当地地形。然而，接触空气中污染物所带来的不良健康风险是污染物以及受暴露人群的解剖学和生理学特征的函数。因此，为保护公众健康或为评估接触环境空气污染物对健康的不良影响而设计的环境空气质量监测网络应同时考虑污染物特征和人类健康参数。已经建立了一种方法，通过纳入人类健康风险评估技术，优化环境空气质量监测网络，以评估接触空气中污染物对人类健康的不良影响。将风险评估技术用作设计环境空气质量监测网络的基础，将有助于将有限的资金和人力资源用于评估接触空气中污染物对人类健康的风险。
