Understanding the link between Air pollution and Distribution of related Health Impacts and Welfare in the Nordic countries (NordicWelfAir)
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The expected overall results from this highly interdisciplinary project will be new knowledge about health effects of air pollution. Focus is on what kind of air pollution with respect to chemical composition and sources that causes the impacts from air pollution on human health for different target/population groups and on assessing the effects on the well-being and welfare.
The obtained results will form the basis for exploring the impacts on the distribution of welfare in the Nordic countries at population group level, for whole populations at national scale and between the Nordic countries.
Furthermore, new knowledge on the challenges this will have for the Nordic welfare systems is expected resulting in development of policy options proposing solutions to the public health and welfare challenges.
Objectives
The overall aim of NordicWelfAir is: to further understand the link between air pollution levels, the chemical composition of the pollution and the related health effects, and to investigate and assess the effects of air pollution on the distribution of related health impacts, socio-economics and welfare in the Nordic countries.
Implementation
The project is a multi-disciplinary effort that will combine
- estimates of high spatial resolution emissions
- integrated air pollution modelling
- epidemiological analyses of health effects of air pollutants
- assessment and quantification of health impacts
- description of distribution of welfare and challenges for the Nordic welfare systems
Partners
Aarhus University
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH)
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
Swedish Environmental Research Institute Ltd. (IVL)
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
The National University Hospital/University of Iceland (Landspitali)
University of Iceland (UI)
Umeå University (UMU)
Vista Analysis (Vista)
Funding
This project was funded through NordForsk’s Nordic Programme on Health and Welfare.
Contact information
Isabell Rumrich
Researcher
puh. 029 524 0730
[email protected]
