Long-term effects of air pollutants on respiratory and cardiovascular mortality in a port city along the Adriatic sea.

Background: Shipping and port-related air pollution has a significant health impact on a global scale. The present study aimed to assess the mortality burden attributable to long-term exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM, PM) and nitrogen dioxide (NO) in the city of Ancona (Italy), with one of the leading national commercial harbours.

Methods: Exposure to air pollutants was derived by dispersion models.

A nationwide study of air pollution from particulate matter and daily hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in Italy.

Background/aim: The relationship between air pollution and respiratory morbidity has been widely addressed in urban and metropolitan areas but little is known about the effects in non-urban settings. Our aim was to assess the short-term effects of PM10 and PM2.5 on respiratory admissions in the whole country of Italy during 2006-2015.

Integrated assessment of traffic impact in an Alpine region.

This paper reports the results of an integrated assessment of traffic impact on a tourist-popular high altitude region which includes mountain passes and road tunnels. A modeling system for air quality assessment and management has been established and revised. The system has been used to evaluate the impact of traffic due to the re-opening of the Mont Blanc tunnel: the increase in NO(x) concentrations ranges from 50% at the bottom of the upper valley to 150% near to tunnel entrance.