Comparison between Personal and Individual Exposure to Urban Air Pollutants

Cattaneo, Andrea; Taronna, M; Garramone, G.; Peruzzo, Carlo; Schlitt, C.; Consonni, Dario; Cavallo, Domenico Maria

doi:10.1080/02786821003662934

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“…Allocating a population to a monitoring site is most suitable for large population studies regarding outdoor air (Chow et al, 2002), but is unavoidably affected by assumptions implicit in the application of this indirect method compared to real exposure scenarios (Cattaneo et al, 2010;Hertel et al, 2001a). Exposure assessment based on averaged measurements artificially diffuses pollution and operates on aggregated demographic data, which is problematic for personal exposure assessment as it does not provide a representative measure of an individual's personal exposure (Rodes et al, 1991).…”

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“…More often real-time devices are used to measure particulate matter in different size fractions (Cattaneo et al, 2010;Gulliver and Briggs, 2004;Wu et al, 2005), as well as for gaseous pollutants such as O 3 (Wu et al, 2005) and CO (Kaur et al, 2005). Ambient concentrations are often below the detection limit of commercially available gas samplers and these are thus mainly used in occupational settings (Monn, 2001).…”

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“…Regularly conducted comparisons of concentrations measured by personal monitors, fixed-site monitors, stationary ME monitors or even in the direct vicinity of the subject indicate substantial differences in concentration and thus establish a preference for the use of personal monitoring techniques to collect reliable individual exposure information (Cattaneo et al, 2010;Greaves et al, 2008;Gulliver and Briggs, 2004;Kaur et al, 2005;Piechocki-Minguy et al, 2006;Wu et al, 2005).…”

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Quantifying human exposure to air pollution—Moving from static monitoring to spatio-temporally resolved personal exposure assessment

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2013

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Eric. 2013. Quantifying human exposure to air pollution: moving from static monitoring to spatiotemporally resolved personal exposure assessment.Contact CEH NORA team at noraceh@ceh.ac.ukThe NERC and CEH trademarks and logos ('the Trademarks') are registered trademarks of NERC in the UK and other countries, and may not be used without the prior written consent of the Trademark owner. AbstractQuantifying human exposure to air pollutants is a challenging task. Ambient concentrations of air pollutants at potentially harmful levels are ubiquitous in urban areas and subject to high spatial and temporal variability. At the same time, every individual has unique activitypatterns. Exposure results from multifaceted relationships and interactions between environmental and human systems, adding complexity to the assessment process. Traditionally, approaches to quantify human exposure have relied on pollutant concentrations from fixed air quality network sites and static population distributions. New developments in sensor technology now enable us to monitor personal exposure to air pollutants directly while people are moving through their activity spaces and varying concentration fields. The literature review on which this paper is based on reflects recent developments in the assessment of human exposure to air pollution. This includes the discussion of methodologies and concepts, and the elaboration of approaches and study designs applied in the field. We identify shortcomings of current approaches and discuss future research needs. We close by proposing a novel conceptual model for the integrated assessment of human exposure to air pollutants taking into account latest technological capabilities and contextual information.

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Quantifying human exposure to air pollution—Moving from static monitoring to spatio-temporally resolved personal exposure assessment

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2013

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“…Two sticks every 15 min were burnt in order to maintain a steady-state particle concentration level in the room. The CPC, Nanoscan SMPS, NanoTracer, DustTrak, and IAQ-CALC were placed on a 1-m high table in proximity of the bicycle ergometer in order to measure the exposure received by the subjects at the "individual scale" (i.e., sampling location within 3 m of the cyclist, Cattaneo et al, 2010).…”

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Physiological Responses to Acute Airborne Particle Exposure during Maximal Aerobic Power

Buonanno

Stabile

Lecce

et al. 2016

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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The effect of the exposure to airborne particles on the physical performances achieved by athletes was investigated. Respiratory and cardiovascular parameters of nine subjects (volunteers, regularly performing physical activity) were measured during their high-intensity exercise performed indoor on a cycle ergometer. A steady-state concentration of airborne particles was generated through incense burning.Two different particle exposure scenarios were tested: low (no source in operation) and high exposure (particle generation from incense burning phenomena). Alveolar-deposited surface area doses received by subjects during low and high exposure tests were measured equal to 22.7 ± 8.58 and 1.18 ± 0.22 × 10 3 mm 2 , respectively. Oxygen uptake at the peak of the physical activity resulted statistically higher during high exposure tests, whereas lower peak heart rate values were measured for such scenario.In terms of mechanical efficiency, a higher peak metabolic power was recognized for subjects performing tests in high exposure conditions: results were statistically different (about 1%) with respect to low exposure tests. On the other hand, measurements of exhaled nitric oxide (parameter associated to airway inflammations) performed during the tests showed no significant differences between the two exposure scenarios.

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“…Sampling sites, sampling dates, and site descriptions are provided in Figure 1 and Table 1. Ground level ozone was measured continuously (at 1-min intervals) using an ozone ambient air quality monitoring system (S500 V5.1, Aeroqual), which has been used successfully in other studies [30] [31]. Aeroqual monitors were fitted with sensor heads (Aeroqual Outdoor Ambient Air Quality Monitor; Auckland, New Zealand) based on Gas Sensitive Semiconductor (GSS) technology.…”

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Analysis of Ground Level Ozone and Nitrogen Oxides in the City of Dar es Salaam and the Rural Area of Bagamoyo, Tanzania

Hamdun¹,

Arakaki²

2015

OJAP

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From 2012 to 2015, we measured surface ozone, NOx, NO2, and NO levels at three urban sites (Mapipa, Ubungo, and Posta) and two suburban sites (Kunduchi and Vijibweni) in the city of Dar es Salaam and in the village of Mwetemo, a rural area of Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The average hourly O3 concentrations at all sites were between 9 ppb and 30 ppb during our sampling periods. O3 levels at suburban sites were generally higher than at urban sites. The average hourly concentrations in Dar es Salaam were 10 -32 ppb, while in Bagamoyo they were 9 -15 ppb. We observed a strong diurnal variation in Dar es Salaam while measurements from Bagamoyo showed little variation. At Dar es Salaam, the surface O3 concentrations increased from their minimum level at sunrise (around 6:00 a.m.) to a maximum in the late afternoon (around 4:00 p.m.), and then decreased toward 11:00 p.m. Another secondary ozone peak appeared between midnight and ~4:00 a.m., after which the surface ozone concentrations decreased to a minimum around 7:00 a.m. NO2 concentrations were higher at the urban sites of Ubungo and Posta, and their weekly average NO2 concentrations were 246 ppb and 118 ppb, respectively. Weekly average NOx concentrations ranged from 39.4 ppb at the Kunduchi site (suburban) to 738 ppb at the Ubungo site (urban). To our knowledge, there were few continuous measurements of ozone and nitrogen oxides concentrations in Tanzania. Since high NOx concentrations were observed, continuous air quality monitoring and effective air pollution control measures are required in Dar es Salaam to prevent further deterioration of air quality and limit the possible negative impacts on humans and vegetation.

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Comparison between Personal and Individual Exposure to Urban Air Pollutants

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References 45 publications

Quantifying human exposure to air pollution—Moving from static monitoring to spatio-temporally resolved personal exposure assessment

Quantifying human exposure to air pollution—Moving from static monitoring to spatio-temporally resolved personal exposure assessment

Physiological Responses to Acute Airborne Particle Exposure during Maximal Aerobic Power

Analysis of Ground Level Ozone and Nitrogen Oxides in the City of Dar es Salaam and the Rural Area of Bagamoyo, Tanzania

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