Estimating State-Specific Contributions to PM2.5 ‐ and O3-Related Health Burden from Residential Combustion and Electricity Generating Unit Emissions in the United States

Conclusions: Our findings reinforce the importance of pollutant-specific, location-specific, and source-specific models of health impacts in design of health-risk minimizing emissions control policies. Citation: Penn SL, Arunachalam S, Woody M, Heiger-Bernays W, Tripodis Y, Levy JI. 2017. Estimating state-specific contributions to PM2.5‐ and O3-related health burden from residential combustion and electricity generating unit emissions in the United States. Environ Health Perspect 125:324–332; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP550 Address correspondence to S.L. Penn, Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, 715 Albany St. 4W, Boston, MA 02118 USA. Telephone: (617) 638-5881. E-mail: stefani.penn@gmail.com We thank B. Harvey from Boston University (BU) for his assistance with image segmentation algorithm processing and M. Woo from BU for her assistance in final manuscript preparation. This research was supported by the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA). NAIMA suggested the research topic and was provided the opportunity to give comments on the manuscript, but the authors had full editorial control of the content and the findings should not be attributed to NAIMA or its member companies. All authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests. Received: 20 January 2016 Revised: 25 May 2016 Accepted: 23 July 2016 Published: 2 September 2016 Note to readers with disabilitie...
Source: EHP Research - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Research Articles March 2017 Source Type: research