Reserch team: Matti Jantunen, prof.; Sari Alm, PhD; Päivi Aarnio, TechLic; Otto Hänninen, M.Sc.
Collaboration: WHO/Europe, Rome, Italy; Imperial College, London, UK; Government Agency in the areas of Energy and Environment, Rome, Italy; National Institute for Transport and Safety Research, France; Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems, Rome, Italy; University of Versailles Saint-Quentin, France; National Technical University of Athens, Greece; National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands; Berry Environmental Ltd, Shepperton, UK; Institute for Transport Studies, Leeds, UK
Funding: European Comission 5th Framework Programme (QLK4-CT-2001-00492), Academy of Finland
Contact person: Matti Jantunen
Homepage: http://www.euro.who.int/hearts
Background
Traffic-related noise, air pollution and accidents generate a wide range of adverse health effects. Usually risk assessment of traffic focus only on the impact of a single factor and integrated risk assessment is missing.
Objectives
1) Develop and test an integrated method to conduct traffic-related health impact assessments
2) improve health and help to assess health effects of political decisions
Description
Study combine transport, air pollution, noise propagation, traffic accident, time-activity and exposure models to define health effects of different traffic scenarios.
The integrated health impact models will be tested in three European cities. (Leicester, UK; Lille, France; Florence, Italy). KTL is responsible for time activity and population exposure workpackages.