Risk Characterization of Environmental/Human Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 19571
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioaerosol; bioaerosol sensor; airborne microorganisms and biological particles; bio-fluorophore particles; laser induced fluorescence; microbiological contamination in environments; assessment and methodology; public and human health; quantitative microbial risk assessment
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2. Public Health Research Centre, NOVA National School of Public Health, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1099-085 Lisbon, Portugal
3. Comprehensive Health Research Center (CHRC), NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: fungal occupational exposure; indoor air quality; aspergillus epidemiology
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Interests: hygiene; public health; infectious diseases; risk assessment; environmental virology; water; aerosol; health literacy; risk communication; occupational health
Interests: landfill leachate; wastewater nutrient removal; nutrient recovery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
An estimated one quarter of death and disease globally is related to environmental hazards (WHO, 2021). From the quality of the air we breathe to the condition of the food we eat, environmental factors can have a significant effect on our health. The environmental factors will evolve due to activities of nature and human beings. Meanwhile, the environmental factors are also a root cause of a significant disease burden of human. Therefore, rigorous assessments of risk characterization of environmental/human health are imperative and urgently needed.
The environmental health risks are usually evaluated by the ecological risk assessment which is the process for evaluating how likely it is that the environment might be obstructed as a result of exposure to environmental stressors. Its classical assessment steps include: problem formulation, analysis, and risk measurement. The risk measurement of health of human beings is the process to estimate the probability of adverse health effects in communities who would be exposed to polluted environmental conditions. For interpreting the magnitude of risk assessment outcomes, two of the most widely used health risk benchmarks, the annual infection risk level proposed by the U.S. EPA (10E−4 pppy) and the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) by the WHO (10E−6 DALYs pppy), are built around the concept of health-based targets that are grounded on well-defined health metrics (e.g., DALYs) and a level of tolerable health burden. In addition, the Monte Carlo simulation is often used to represent the propagation of variability in the risk characterization process. Additionally, the sensitivity analysis is accordingly utilized to quantify the contributions of all the inputted variable parameters of risk assessment to the uncertainty in the health risk output by sensitivity partitioning coefficient and Spearman rank correlation coefficient.
Manuscripts addressing these themes are invited for this Special Issue, especially those can deliver novel data on the assessment framework and provide a theoretical basis for follow-up research on the mitigation measures and control strategies for stakeholders. Findings in manuscripts should be of significant interest to the diverse readership of IJERPH.
Dr. Cheng Yan
Prof. Dr. Carla Viegas
Prof. Dr. Annalaura Carducci
Dr. Qiuyan Yuan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- risk assessment
- environmental health risks
- human health risks
- problem formulation
- analysis
- hazard identification
- dose–response assessment
- exposure assessment
- risk characterization
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