Assessing the Relationship between Personal Particulate and Gaseous Exposures of Senior Citizens Living in Baltimore, MD

• Published in: Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) Vol. 50; no. 7; pp. 1184 - 1198
• Main Authors: Sarnat, Jeremy A., Koutrakis, Petros, Suh, Helen H.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Pittsburgh, PA Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.2000; Air & Waste Management Association
• Subjects: Aged; Aging; Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis; Applied sciences; Atmospheric pollution; Baltimore; Biological and medical sciences; Confounding Factors (Epidemiology); Environmental Exposure - analysis; Epidemiologic Studies; Epidemiology; Exact sciences and technology; Female; Gases; General aspects; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Methodology; Particle Size; Pollutants physicochemistry study: properties, effects, reactions, transport and distribution; Pollution; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Reproducibility of Results; Urban Population; Ventilation; United States; North America; Maryland; America; Baltimore; Human; Personal sampling; Ozone; Air quality; Volatile organic compound; Exposure; Urban area; Sulfates; Epidemiology; Sulfur dioxide; Suspended particle; Ambient air concentration; Health and environment; Surveillance; Seasonal variation; Content; Aerosols; Air pollution; Nitrogen dioxide; Elderly

We conducted a multi-pollutant exposure study in Baltimore, MD, in which 15 non-smoking older adult subjects (>64 years old) wore a multi-pollutant sampler for 12 days during the summer of 1998 and the winter of 1999. The sampler measured simultaneous 24-hr integrated personal exposures to PM 25...