Personal exposure and indoor PM2.5 concentrations in an urban population

M Mohammadyan; M Ashmore

doi:10.1177/1420326X05054293

Personal exposure and indoor PM2.5 concentrations in an urban population

M Mohammadyan, M Ashmore

Environment and Geography

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Abstract

Personal exposures and micro-environmental concentrations of PM2.5 were measured in a non-smoking adult population of 40 workers for 48h each over a period of 1 year. Geometric mean daytime and non-work personal exposures to PM2.5 were slightly higher than mean indoor office and home concentrations respectively. Personal exposures to PM2.5 were also higher than fixed site PM10 concentrations. Individual personal exposures and micro-environmental concentrations varied by about 1 order of magnitude. According to a stepwise regression model for all participants, indoor office concentration was the best predictor for daytime personal exposure, and residential indoor concentration and time spent in public houses were the best predictors for non-work personal exposure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	313-320
Number of pages	8
Journal	Indoor and built environment
Volume	14
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1420326X05054293
Publication status	Published - Jun 2005

Keywords

air pollution
indoor exposure
personal exposure
PM2.5
PARTICULATE MATTER
AIR-POLLUTION
EUROPEAN CITIES
DAILY MORTALITY
EXPOLIS
OUTDOOR

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