Associations between Personal, Indoor, and Residential Outdoor Pollutant Concentrations: Implications for Exposure Assessment to Size-Fractionated Particulate Matter

• Published in: Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) Vol. 59; no. 4; pp. 392 - 404
• Main Authors: Arhami, Mohammad, Polidori, Andrea, Delfino, Ralph J., Tjoa, Thomas, Sioutas, Constantinos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pittsburgh, PA Taylor & Francis Group 01.04.2009; Air & Waste Management Association; Air and Waste Management Association; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Accumulation; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis; Applied sciences; Atmospheric pollution; Atoms & subatomic particles; Carbon monoxide; Construction contracts; Correlation coefficient; Data analysis; Environmental health; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollutants - analysis; Exact sciences and technology; Health risks; Humans; Indoor environments; Los Angeles; Nitric oxide; Nitrogen dioxide; Nitrogen oxides; Particle Size; Particulate matter; Particulate Matter - analysis; Photochemicals; Pollutants; Pollution; Pollution studies; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Residential Facilities; Retirement communities; Risk Assessment; Roads & highways; Seasons; Urban areas; Vein & artery diseases; Ventilation; Los Angeles; California; Correlation coefficient; Pollutant; Correlation; Health and environment; Correlation analysis; Aerosols; Air pollution; Indoor outdoor ratio; Urban area; Modeling; Public health

The physical and chemical characteristics of indoor, outdoor, and personal quasi-ultrafine (<0.25 µm)-, accumulation (0.25-2.5 µm)-, and coarse (2.5-10 µm)-mode particles were studied at four different retirement communities in southern California between 2005 and 2007. Linear mixed-effects model...