Health risk assessment of SO2 air pollution: a case study

Abstract

In this study, a health risk assesment was conducted to evaluate the health risks of SO2, a common pollutant in breathing air. An analysis of data published in recent papers dealing with the health impact of SO2 has been performed. Exposure estimates were also made based on a series of data on daily concentrations of SO2 in air in Belgrade. Dose rates for all population categories were estimated based on the concentration of pollutants in different activity zones (residential, industrial and commercial). Because the primary objective of this study was to estimate maximum (possible) doses of pollutants in different zones for different age groups, the maximum concentrations of SO2 pollutants during the day were used.