Related articles: WP3.1

Do The Health Benefits Of Cycling Outweigh The Risks? ; ehp

Authors:

Jeroen Johan de Hartog, Hanna Boogaard, Hans Nijland, Gerard Hoek

Publication:

ehp.0901747

Publication date:

30 Jun 2010

Publication status:

In print

Publication type:

Peer reviewed paper

Weblink :

http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F1...

Background: Although from a societal point of view a modal shift from car to bicycle may have beneficial health effects due to decreased air pollution emissions, decreased greenhouse gas emissions, and increased levels of physical activity, shifts in individual adverse health effects such as higher exposurei to air pollution and risk of a traffic accident may prevail.

Objective: We describe whether the health benefits from the increased physical activity of a modal shift for urban commutes outweigh the health risks.

Concentration response functions for ultrafine particles and all-cause mortality and hospital admissions: an expert panel

Authors:

Gerard Hoek, Hanna Boogaard, Anne Knol, Jeroen de Hartog, Pauline Slottje, Jon G Ayres, Paul Borm, Bert Brunekreef, Ken Donaldson, Francesco Forastiere, Stephen Holgate, Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Benoit Nemery, Juha Pekkanen, Vicki Stone, H.-Erich Wichmann, Jeroen van der Sluijs,

Publication:

Environmental Science & Technolgy

Publication date:

16 Nov 2009

Publication status:

In print

Publication type:

Peer reviewed paper

Toxicological studies have provided evidence of the toxicity of ultrafine particles, but epidemiological evidence for health effects of ultrafines is limited. No quantitative summary currently exists of concentration-response functions for ultrafine particles, that can be used in health impact assessmenti i. The goal was to specify concentration response functions for ultrafine particles in urban air including their uncertainty through an expert panel elicitation.

Deliverable 114: WP Final report

WP no.	Lead participant	Nature	Dissemination level	Due date (month)	Delivery date (month)
3.1	RIVM	Report	Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services)	54

Deliverable 95: 2nd Pass assessment report - Final version

WP no.	Lead participant	Nature	Dissemination level	Due date (month)	Delivery date (month)
3.1	RIVM	Report	Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services)	46

Deliverable 94: Draft paper on results of 1st pass assessment, for peer-reviewed publication

WP no.	Lead participant	Nature	Dissemination level	Due date (month)	Delivery date (month)
3.1	RIVM	Demonstrator	Public	42

Deliverable 83: 1st Pass assessment report - Final version

WP no.	Lead participant	Nature	Dissemination level	Due date (month)	Delivery date (month)
3.1	RIVM	Report	Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services)	40

Deliverable 54: Transport assessment report (1st pass)

WP no.	Lead participant	Nature	Dissemination level	Due date (month)	Delivery date (month)
3.1	RIVM	Report	Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services)	33

Deliverable 22: Transport assessment protocol

WP no.	Lead participant	Nature	Dissemination level	Due date (month)	Delivery date (month)
3.1	RIVM	Report	Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services)	18	23

WP3.1 Transport

Initially, the transport sources to be considered will be selected on the basis both of available data for representative cities/regions of the EU, and possibilities for integrated assessment. A conceptual model will then be developed, specifying the key factors to be addressed and the links between them, the key health impacts and the points in the causal network at which intervention is possible. In close collaboration with SP1 the available exposure-response functions will be identified (first quick scan).