Evaluating a multipollutant metric for use in characterizing traffic-related air pollution exposures within near-road environments.

ABSTRACT: Accurately characterizing human exposures to traffic-related air pollutants (TRAPs) is critical to public health protection. However, quantifying exposure to this single source is challenging, given its extremely heterogeneous chemical composition. Efforts using single-species tracers of TRAP are, thus, lacking in their ability to accurately reflect exposures to this complex mixture. There have been recent discussions centered on adopting a multipollutant perspective for sources with many emitted pollutants to maximize the benefits of control expenditures as well as to minimize population and ecosystem exposure. As part of a larger study aimed to assess a complete emission-to-exposure pathway of primary traffic pollution and understand exposure of individuals in the near-road environment,

SUBMITTER: Moutinho JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7202092 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature