Predicting spatial variations in annual average outdoor ultrafine particle concentrations in Montreal and Toronto, Canada: Integrating land use regression and deep learning models.

Journal: Environment international
PMID: 37544265

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Concentrations of outdoor ultrafine particles (UFP; <0.1 µm) and black carbon (BC) can vary greatly within cities and long-term exposures to these pollutants have been associated with a variety of adverse health outcomes.

Authors

  • Marshall Lloyd
    Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Québec H3A 1G1, Canada. Electronic address: marshall.lloyd@mail.mcgill.ca.
  • Arman Ganji
    Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada. Electronic address: arman.ganji@utoronto.ca.
  • Junshi Xu
    Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada. Electronic address: junshi.xu@mail.utoronto.ca.
  • Alessya Venuta
    Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Québec H3A 1G1, Canada. Electronic address: alessya.venuta@mail.mcgill.ca.
  • Leora Simon
    Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Québec H3A 1G1, Canada. Electronic address: leora.simon@mail.mcgill.ca.
  • Mingqian Zhang
    Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada. Electronic address: mingqianz.zhang@utoronto.ca.
  • Milad Saeedi
    Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada. Electronic address: milad.saeedi@mail.utoronto.ca.
  • Shoma Yamanouchi
    Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada. Electronic address: shoma.yamanouchi@mail.utoronto.ca.
  • Joshua Apte
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States; School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States. Electronic address: apte@berkeley.edu.
  • Kris Hong
    Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Québec H3A 1G1, Canada. Electronic address: kris.hong@alumni.ubc.ca.
  • Marianne Hatzopoulou
    Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
  • Scott Weichenthal
    Air Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada; Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Electronic address: scott.weichenthal@hc-sc.gc.ca.

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