Indoor aerosols: from personal exposure to risk assessment

Motivated by growing considerations of the scale, severity, and risks associated with human exposure to indoor particulate matter, this work reviewed existing literature to: (i) identify state‐of‐the‐art experimental techniques used for personal exposure assessment; (ii) compare exposure levels repo...

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Published in:Indoor air Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 462 - 487
Main Authors: Morawska, L., Afshari, A., Bae, G. N., Buonanno, G., Chao, C. Y. H., Hänninen, O., Hofmann, W., Isaxon, C., Jayaratne, E. R., Pasanen, P., Salthammer, T., Waring, M., Wierzbicka, A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2013
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects:
Aerosols
Aerosols - adverse effects
Aerosols - analysis
Air Pollution, Indoor - adverse effects
Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis
Burden of disease from particulate matter exposure
Developing countries
Domestic indoor particulate matter
Engineering and Technology
Environmental Exposure
Environmental factors
Exposure
Health risk assessment
Humans
Indoor air quality
Indoor environments
Indoor particulate matter
LDCs
Maskinteknik
Mechanical Engineering
Methods for personal exposure assessment
Occupational safety
Particulate matter
Passive smoking
Personal exposure
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi
Risk Assessment
School indoor particulate matter
Teknik
School indoor particulate matter
Burden of disease from particulate matter exposure
Domestic indoor particulate matter
Personal exposure
Methods for personal exposure assessment
Indoor particulate matter
ISSN:0905-6947, 1600-0668, 1600-0668
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Summary:Motivated by growing considerations of the scale, severity, and risks associated with human exposure to indoor particulate matter, this work reviewed existing literature to: (i) identify state‐of‐the‐art experimental techniques used for personal exposure assessment; (ii) compare exposure levels reported for domestic/school settings in different countries (excluding exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and particulate matter from biomass cooking in developing countries); (iii) assess the contribution of outdoor background vs indoor sources to personal exposure; and (iv) examine scientific understanding of the risks posed by personal exposure to indoor aerosols. Limited studies assessing integrated daily residential exposure to just one particle size fraction, ultrafine particles, show that the contribution of indoor sources ranged from 19% to 76%. This indicates a strong dependence on resident activities, source events and site specificity, and highlights the importance of indoor sources for total personal exposure. Further, it was assessed that 10–30% of the total burden of disease from particulate matter exposure was due to indoor‐generated particles, signifying that indoor environments are likely to be a dominant environmental factor affecting human health. However, due to challenges associated with conducting epidemiological assessments, the role of indoor‐generated particles has not been fully acknowledged, and improved exposure/risk assessment methods are still needed, together with a serious focus on exposure control.
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Table S1 Summary of the existing methods which have been used for area and micro-environment monitoring of PM. Table S2 Summary of studies included in this review assessing indoor (in residences) and outdoor concentrations, as well as concentrations from personal monitoring and integrated daily residential exposure (note that 'concentrations from personal monitoring' were presented as 'personal exposure concentrations' in the original articles, but given that exposure is a product of concentration and exposure duration, this has been changed to ensure consistency within this review). Table S3 Traffic-related air pollutant concentration values in schools reported in different studies.
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ISSN:0905-6947
1600-0668
1600-0668
DOI:10.1111/ina.12044