Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2010, 7(5), 2222-2237; doi:10.3390/ijerph7052222
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Sensitivity of Air Pollution-Induced Premature Mortality to Precursor Emissions under the Influence of Climate Change

Efthimios Tagaris 1,2 email, Kuo-Jen Liao 1 email, Anthony J. DeLucia 3 email, Leland Deck 4 email, Praveen Amar 5 email and Armistead G. Russell 1,* email
1 School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive Atlanta, GA 30332-0512, USA 2 Environmental Research Laboratory, NCSR Demokritos, Patriarchou Gregoriou Str. Aghia Paraskevi 153-10, Greece 3 Department of Surgery, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA 4 Stratus Consulting Inc., 1920 L Street, NW; Suite 420, Washington, DC 20036, USA 5 Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), 89 South Street, Suite 602, Boston, MA 02111, USA
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 1 March 2010; in revised form: 23 April 2010 / Accepted: 29 April 2010 / Published: 5 May 2010
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Climate Change and Human Health Impacts and Adaptation)
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Abstract: The relative contributions of PM2.5 and ozone precursor emissions to air pollution-related premature mortality modulated by climate change are estimated for the U.S. using sensitivities of air pollutants to precursor emissions and health outcomes for 2001 and 2050. Result suggests that states with high emission rates and significant premature mortality increases induced by PM2.5 will substantially benefit in the future from SO2, anthropogenic NOX and NH3 emissions reductions while states with premature mortality increases induced by O3 will benefit mainly from anthropogenic NOX emissions reduction. Much of the increase in premature mortality expected from climate change-induced pollutant increases can be offset by targeting a specific precursor emission in most states based on the modeling approach followed here.
Keywords: climate change; premature mortality; ozone; particulate matter; sensitivity; emissions; United States

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Tagaris, E.; Liao, K.-J.; DeLucia, A.J.; Deck, L.; Amar, P.; Russell, A.G. Sensitivity of Air Pollution-Induced Premature Mortality to Precursor Emissions under the Influence of Climate Change. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2010, 7, 2222-2237.

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Tagaris E, Liao K-J, DeLucia AJ, Deck L, Amar P, Russell AG. Sensitivity of Air Pollution-Induced Premature Mortality to Precursor Emissions under the Influence of Climate Change. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2010; 7(5):2222-2237.

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Tagaris, Efthimios; Liao, Kuo-Jen; DeLucia, Anthony J.; Deck, Leland; Amar, Praveen; Russell, Armistead G. 2010. "Sensitivity of Air Pollution-Induced Premature Mortality to Precursor Emissions under the Influence of Climate Change." Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 7, no. 5: 2222-2237.

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