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TABLE 5.12
Impact Human Health Data

Parameter Unit Distribution Mean Dev. Reference

Dose–response and exposure–response functions
Chronic YOLL Log-normal 0.00072 (s g ) 2.1 IER 1998; Rabl
and Spadaro
1999
Acute YOLL Log-normal Variable (s g ) 2.1 Rabl and
Spadaro 1999
Cancer Log-normal Variable (s g ) 3 Rabl and
Spadaro 1999
Others Log-normal Variable (s g ) 2.1 Rabl and
Spadaro 1999

Damage factors
Chronic YOLL Log-normal 1 (s g ) 1.5 Rabl and
Spadaro 1999
Acute YOLL Log-normal 1 (s g ) 4 Rabl and
Spadaro 1999
Cancer Log-normal 1 (s g ) 1.6 Rabl and
Spadaro 1999
Others Log-normal 1 (s g ) 1.2 Rabl and
Spadaro 1999
% pop. above % Point estimate 13 — IER 1998;
65 years GenCat 1997
% pop. adults % Point estimate 57 — IER 1998;
GenCat 1997
% pop. % Point estimate 24 — IER 1998;
children GenCat 1997
% pop. asthma % Normal 4 CV 0.1 IER 1998;
adults GenCat 1997
% pop. asthma % Normal 2 CV 0.1 IER 1998;
children GenCat 1997
% pop. % Normal 0.864 CV 0.1 IER 1998;
baseline GenCat 1997
mortality
Population # inhab Normal Variable CV 0.01 Soler 1999

CV = coefficient of variation; s g = geometric standard deviation; dev. = deviation.

standard deviations ranging from 1.5 to 3.4. The parameters corresponding to the
stack dimensions and the geographical situation are point estimates and were pro-
vided by the director of Tarragona’s MSWI (Nadal, 1999). The incremental emission
concentration has log-normal distribution with a geometric standard deviation of 2,
according to the uncertainty estimates for the dispersion model by McKone and
Ryan (1989).

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