Field calibration of a low-cost sensors network to assess traffic-related air pollution along the Brenner highway

Locating Traffic Sensors on a Highway Network: Models and Algorithms

44 We consider the problem of finding optimal sensor locations on a traffic network so as to characterize 45 system use overall. We study the problem under two practical scenarios. In the first scenario, we assume 46 there is a given number of sensors (p) that we need to locate on the highway network. In this context, the 47 problem is to find a collection of p locations among a given collectio...

Traffic-related air pollution and brain development

Automotive traffic-related air pollution (TRP) imposes an increasing health burden with global urbanization. Gestational and early child exposure to urban TRP is associated with higher risk of autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia, as well as low birth weight. While cardio-respiratory effects from exposure are well documented, cognitive effects are only recently becoming widely recognized...

[Perinatal mortality and traffic-related air pollution].

A saúde infantil, que tem como principal indicador o coeficiente de mortalidade infantil, constitui-se ainda em um importante problema de saúde pública em escala mundial. Uma das Metas de Desenvolvimento do Milênio (Millenium Development Goals – MDG), estabelecidas pelos países e organizações internacionais, é a redução da mortalidade em menores de cinco anos em dois terços no período de 1990 a...

Can traffic-related air pollution cause asthma?

Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma

Assuming an average latency of 42 years, the authors predict that incidence rates will peak in 2009 and that diagnoses will peak in 2014. However, they caution that ongoing use of chrysotile asbestos (which has been implicated but not conclusively established as a cause of mesothelioma) and the release of asbestos fibers from older buildings during demolition or reno­ vation may slow the projec...