Exposure from Vehicles and Gas Stoves
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 111, Issue 6
Abstract
Estimates of health impacts of reduced emissions from vehicles in the Chicago area show that transportation policy has little power to affect total exposure to Even large decreases in outdoor concentrations may only produce small decreases in health effects attributable to exposure. Daily histories of exposure to were constructed, based on assumptions about time spent at home, commuting, shopping, and at work. Outdoor concentrations were estimated using EPA's Climatological Dispersion Model (CDM); concentrations in vehicles were estimated from assumptions about relationships among region‐average concentrations, concentrations on highways, and inside: outside concentration ratios in vehicles. Indoor concentrations were estimated from assumptions about infiltration rates and emissions from gas cooking stoves in homes. The resulting exposures for different commuting patterns show that exposures in homes having gas stoves dominate total daily exposure.
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Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 111 • Issue 6 • November 1985
Pages: 679 - 691
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Published online: Nov 1, 1985
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