An air resource management program for the Nashville metropolitan area

A review on the role of dispersion and receptor models in asthma research

“…2016) used concentration-response functions derived from previous studies in their exposure assessment (DM: FRESH-EST and AERMOD) to find results of asthma hospitalizations (6 to 13 cases), ED visits (9 to 196 cases), and asthma exacerbations (5692 to 51681 cases) in low (0.001 ppb daily 24h averaged) and high concentration (0.005 ppb daily 24h averaged) scenarios of SO 2 . Schueneman et al (1968) study show that twice as many asthma attacks are expected in high sulfating areas. According to their results, concentrations of 80-200 ppb of SO 2 could increase asthma attacks by 18%.…”

“…Only four studies investigated sulfur dioxide alone, being all interested in industrial emissions (Milando et al, 2016;Pascal et al, 2013;Schueneman et al, 1968;. stated that hourly daily SO 2 peaks might play a more important role J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f than daily averages.…”

Defining the Problem of Air Pollution in Metropolitan Birmingham, Alabama

“…In Nashville, Tenn., total particulate emissions (including those from transportation sources) were estimated at 42 million pounds per year (9), which is only one-tenth of those in Jefferson County. Gaseous emissions including hydrocarbons were estimated to be 172 million pounds per year, while Jefferson County's total gaseous emissions are approximately 753 million pounds per year.…”