Personal exposure to particles in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Bräuer, Michael; Hrubá, F; Mihalíková, Eva; Fabiánovà, Eleonóra; Miskovic, Peter; Plziková, Alena; Lendacká, Marie; Vandenberg, John; Cullen, Alison C.

doi:10.1038/sj.jea.7500136

Cited by 36 publications

(30 citation statements)

References 19 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…However, personal PM 10 levels were not significantly higher than indoor PM 10 levels measured in homes during the same periods (52.2 ± 30.6 µg/m 3 ). The PM levels in this study are similar in magnitude to levels of indoor home PM 2.5 and PM 10 and personal PM 10 measured in previous studies for children in urban locations (74)(75)(76)(77). Although children living in homes with at least one smoker tended to have higher PM exposures than children living in nonsmoking homes, this was not always the case.…”

Section: Particulate Matter Exposure Assessmentsupporting

confidence: 44%

Assessment of personal and community-level exposures to particulate matter among children with asthma in Detroit, Michigan, as part of Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA).

Keeler

Dvonch

Yip

et al. 2002

Environ Health Perspect

112

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We report on the research conducted by the Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA) in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate personal and community-level exposures to particulate matter (PM) among children with asthma living in an urban environment. CAAA is a community-based participatory research collaboration among academia, health agencies, and community-based organizations. CAAA investigates the effects of environmental exposures on the residents of Detroit through a participatory process that engages participants from the affected communities in all aspects of the design and conduct of the research; disseminates the results to all parties involved; and uses the research results to design, in collaboration with all partners, interventions to reduce the identified environmental exposures. The CAAA PM exposure assessment includes four seasonal measurement campaigns each year that are conducted for a 2-week duration each season. In each seasonal measurement period, daily ambient measurements of PM 2.5 and PM 10 (particulate matter with a mass median aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm and 10 µm, respectively) are collected at two elementary schools in the eastside and southwest communities of Detroit. Concurrently, indoor measurements of PM 2.5 and PM 10

show abstract

Section: Particulate Matter Exposure Assessmentsupporting

confidence: 44%

Assessment of personal and community-level exposures to particulate matter among children with asthma in Detroit, Michigan, as part of Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA).

Keeler

Dvonch

Yip

et al. 2002

Environ Health Perspect

112

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In most of the cross-sectional studies strong associations between personal exposure and indoor concentrations, and weak or no associations between personal and outdoor concentrations have been found (Ozkaynak et al, 1996), whereas in studies with repeated measurements reasonable relationships between daily variations in personal and outdoor levels have been found (Pellizzari et al, 1999;Brauer et al, 2001). In studies conducted at latitudes with considerable changes in the weather, the time of year could affect the relationship between the outdoor pollution levels and the personal exposure as behavioural patterns change through the seasons.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the recent years, several studies have investigated the relationship between personal exposure and indoor-outdoor monitoring of particles in terms of PM 2.5 or PM 10 (Ozkaynak et al, 1996;Pellizzari et al, 1999;Ebelt et al, 2000;Brauer et al, 2001;Koistinen et al, 2001). In most of the cross-sectional studies strong associations between personal exposure and indoor concentrations, and weak or no associations between personal and outdoor concentrations have been found (Ozkaynak et al, 1996), whereas in studies with repeated measurements reasonable relationships between daily variations in personal and outdoor levels have been found (Pellizzari et al, 1999;Brauer et al, 2001).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Investigation of sources to indoor air pollution have identified smoking and cooking as some of the important sources (Koutrakis and Briggs, 1992;Abt et al, 2000). Other factors that influence the indoor air quality are air exchange rates, ventilation and indoor work (Thatcher and Layton, 1995;Abt et al, 2000).In the recent years, several studies have investigated the relationship between personal exposure and indoor-outdoor monitoring of particles in terms of PM 2.5 Brauer et al, 2001;Koistinen et al, 2001). In most of the cross-sectional studies strong associations between personal exposure and indoor concentrations, and weak or no associations between personal and outdoor concentrations have been found (Ozkaynak et al, 1996), whereas in studies with repeated measurements reasonable relationships between daily variations in personal and outdoor levels have been found (Pellizzari et al, 1999;Brauer et al, 2001).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Personal exposure to PM2.5, black smoke and NO2 in Copenhagen: relationship to bedroom and outdoor concentrations covering seasonal variation

Sørensen

Loft

Andersen³

et al. 2005

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Epidemiological studies have found negative associations between human health and particulate matter in urban air. In most studies outdoor monitoring of urban background has been used to assess exposure. In a field study, personal exposure as well as bedroom, front door and background concentrations of PM 2.5 , black smoke (BS), and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) were measured during 2-day periods in 30 subjects (20-33 years old) living and studying in central parts of Copenhagen. The measurements were repeated in the four seasons. Information on indoor exposure sources such as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and burning of candles was collected by questionnaires. The personal exposure, the bedroom concentration and the front door concentration was set as outcome variable in separate models and analysed by mixed effect model regression methodology, regarding subject levels as a random factor. Seasons were defined as a dichotomised grouping of outdoor temperature (above and below 81C). For NO 2 there was a significant association between personal exposure and both the bedroom, the front door and the background concentrations, whereas for PM 2.5 and BS only the bedroom and the front door concentrations, and not the background concentration, were significantly associated to the personal exposure. The bedroom concentration was the strongest predictor of all three pollution measurements. The association between the bedroom and front door concentrations was significant for all three measurements, and the association between the front door and the background concentrations was significant for PM 2.5 and NO 2 , but not for BS, indicating greater spatial variation for BS than for PM 2.5 and NO 2 . For NO 2 , the relationship between the personal exposure and the front door concentration was dependent upon the ''season'', with a stronger association in the warm season compared with the cold season, and for PM 2.5 and BS the same tendency was seen. Time exposed to burning of candles was a significant predictor of personal PM 2.5 , BS and NO 2 exposure, and time exposed to ETS only associated with personal PM 2.5 exposure. These findings imply that the personal exposure to PM 2.5 , BS and NO 2 depends on many factors besides the outdoor levels, and that information on, for example, time of season or outdoor temperature and residence exposure, could improve the accuracy of the personal exposure estimation. Keywords: urban air, particulate matter, PM 2.5 , black smoke, nitrogen dioxide, personal exposure, seasonal variation. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology IntroductionNumerous studies have shown that exposure to high outdoor particle levels causes increased morbidity and mortality of respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases (Brunekreef and Holgate, 2002;Pope et al., 2002). Exposure to particles has been assessed by outdoor monitoring of urban background levels in most of these studies. It has been shown that people spend most of their time indoor and that indoors sources to air pollutants are n...

show abstract

“…We would like to dedicate this work to his memory. residence and work microenvironments being the prevailing ones according to the duration of occupancy (Adgate et al, 2002;Brauer et al, 2000). It has become apparent, thus, that indoor concentration levels may contribute significantly to total personal exposure, often exceeding the respective contribution of the ambient atmosphere.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Indoor / outdoor PM levels and EC surrogate, at typical microenvironments in the Athens area

Diapouli

Chaloulakou²,

Spyrellis³

et al. 2013

Issue 1

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The aim of the present work was to characterize particulate matter (PM) and elemental carbon (EC) indoor and outdoor concentration levels in the Athens area and to examine the contribution of ambient air to the observed indoor levels. 24-hr simultaneous indoor and outdoor PM 10 and PM 2.5 measurements were conducted at a central (CR) and a suburban (SR) residence, and at an office in the commercial centre of Athens (CO), during cold and warm period of 2006. The absorption coefficient (α) was measured on the collected filters, as a surrogate for EC concentration levels. Ambient PM levels were very high at both central sites and significant at SR (mean 24-hr PM 10 : 87.4, 50.3 and 87.3 µg m -3 and PM 2.5 : 50.7, 20.2 and 42.8 µg m -3 at CR, SR and CO). The measured absorption coefficient values were very high at CR and CO for both size fractions. Indoor PM concentration and absorption coefficient values were lower than the respective outdoor ones, but still significant at the two central sites. Very good correlations were observed between indoor and outdoor data (especially for absorption coefficient values), indicating a large contribution of the ambient atmosphere to the indoor levels, more pronounced in finer particles.

show abstract

Personal exposure to particles in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Cited by 36 publications

References 19 publications

Assessment of personal and community-level exposures to particulate matter among children with asthma in Detroit, Michigan, as part of Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA).

Assessment of personal and community-level exposures to particulate matter among children with asthma in Detroit, Michigan, as part of Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA).

Personal exposure to PM2.5, black smoke and NO2 in Copenhagen: relationship to bedroom and outdoor concentrations covering seasonal variation

Indoor / outdoor PM levels and EC surrogate, at typical microenvironments in the Athens area

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About