Ananieva O. Development of an improved approach to hygienic assessment of traffic-related air pollution.

Dissertation is devoted to the improvement of probabilistic assessment of the impact of traffic-related air pollution on human health within residential areas of modern cities. The dissertation is based on combination of analytical, experimental and calculative methods of research. The study results proved that road transport as a source of air pollution is characterized by its separate specifics and high variability of pollutants concentrations, when compared to the stationary sources of emission. An interrelationship between variations of traffic-related air pollution levels and external parameters of study area were revealed. Based on the set of validation tests, land use regression (LUR) and air pollution dispersion models proved to be accurate and effective approach for estimating human exposure formed by motor vehicles, especially when limited monitoring data is available. An air pollution prediction method for modeling traffic-related air pollution was described. Additionally, human exposure and human health risks formed by road transport air pollution were estimated. The outcomes of the research allowed to develop a sound algorithm for accurate assessment of health impacts and minimization of corresponding health risk resulting from traffic-related air pollution.