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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.09.011
	Health impacts of liquid biofuel production and use: A review
	Scovronick N.; Wilkinson P.
发表日期	2014
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	24 期号:1
英文摘要	The dramatic growth in the production and use of liquid biofuels has led to concerns about associated impacts on human health. To date however, there has been no attempt to comprehensively synthesize the literature on this topic, despite a wealth of new research published over the past few years. We searched the Medline and Embase databases, as well as Google Scholar, in order to review the state of evidence linking liquid biofuels to human health, to characterize the magnitude of potential impacts, and to identify areas in need of more empirical research. The search results indicate that the key pathways to health associated with liquid biofuels consist of four sets of exposures: occupational hazards; water/soil pollution; air pollution relating both to the production and use of the fuel; and the price of food (affecting nutrition). Of these, only air pollution and food price seem likely to meaningfully influence health at the population level: liquid biofuels may improve air quality - at least in urban environments - but could have serious adverse effects on nutrition in food-insecure populations. However, much more work is needed in both areas. Very few studies have explored more indirect pathways to health, such as those relating to land-use change, climate change and economic factors. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Biofuel; Climate change; Energy; Epidemiology; Health; Pollution
学科领域	air quality; atmospheric pollution; biofuel; climate change; energy; epidemiology; health risk; nutrition; research
语种	英语
scopus关键词	air quality; atmospheric pollution; biofuel; climate change; energy; epidemiology; health risk; nutrition; research
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117810
作者单位	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Scovronick N.,Wilkinson P.. Health impacts of liquid biofuel production and use: A review[J],2014,24(1).
APA	Scovronick N.,&Wilkinson P..(2014).Health impacts of liquid biofuel production and use: A review.Global Environmental Change,24(1).
MLA	Scovronick N.,et al."Health impacts of liquid biofuel production and use: A review".Global Environmental Change 24.1(2014).