Physicochemical and toxicological properties of wood smoke particulate matter as a function of wood species and combustion condition.

ABSTRACT: Wood burning is a major source of ambient particulate matter (PM) and has been epidemiologically linked to adverse pulmonary health effects, however the impact of fuel and burning conditions on PM properties has not been investigated systematically. Here, we employed our recently developed integrated methodology to characterize the physicochemical and biological properties of emitted PM as a function of three common hardwoods (oak, cherry, mesquite) and three representative combustion conditions (flaming, smoldering, incomplete). Differences in PM and off-gas emissions (aerosol number/mass concentrations; carbon monoxide; volatile organic compounds) as well as inorganic elemental composition and organic carbon functional content of PM_0.1 were noted between wood types and combust

SUBMITTER: Singh D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9532370 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature