Characterising personal, household, and community PM_2.5 exposure in one urban and two rural communities in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cooking and heating in households contribute importantly to air pollution exposure worldwide. However, there is insufficient investigation of measured fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) exposure levels, variability, seasonality, and inter-spatial dynamics associated with these behaviours.

Methods

We undertook parallel measurements of personal, household (kitchen and living room), and community PM_2.5 in summer (May-September 2017) and winter (November 2017-Janauary 2018) in 477 participants from one urban and two rural communities in China. After stringent data cleaning, there were 67,326-80,980 person-hours (n_total = 441; n_summer = 384; n_winter = 364; 307 had repeated PM_2.5 data in both seasons) of pro

SUBMITTER: Chan KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804935 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature