Estimation of chronic personal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) exposure from solid fuel burning represents an important public health issue for the majority of the global population. Yet, understanding of individual-level exposures remains limited.

Objectives

To develop regionally adaptable chronic personal exposure model to pro-carcinogenic PAH (c-PAH) for the population in Kraków, Poland.

Methods

We checked the assumption of spatial uniformity in eight c-PAH using the coefficients of divergence (COD), a marker of absolute concentration differences. Upon successful validation, we developed personal exposure models for eight pro-carcinogenic PAH by integrating individual-level data with area-level meteorological or pollutant data. We checked the resulting model for accuracy and pr

SUBMITTER: Choi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4508844 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature