The contribution of cooking appliances and residential traffic proximity to aerosol personal exposure.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Indoor and outdoor factors affect personal exposure to air pollutants. Type of cooking appliance (i.e. gas, electricity), and residential location related to traffic are such factors. This research aims to investigate the effect of cooking with gas and electric appliances, as an indoor source of aerosols, and residential traffic as outdoor sources, on personal exposures to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter lower than 2.5 μm (PM_2.5), black carbon (BC), and ultrafine particles (UFP).

Methods

Forty subjects were sampled for four consecutive days measuring personal exposures to three aerosol pollutants, namely PM_2.5, BC, and UFP, which were measured using personal sensors. Subjects were equally distributed into four categories accordin

SUBMITTER: Shehab M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8172705 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature