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Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 218, 188-195 (2015)
In order to assess the personal exposure to ultrafine particles (UFP) during individual day-time activities and to investigate the impact of different microenvironments on exposure, we measured personal exposure to particle number concentrations (PNC), a surrogate for UFP, among 112 non-smoking participants in Augsburg, Germany over a nearly two-year period from March 2007 to December 2008. We obtained 337 personal PNC measurements from 112 participants together with dairies of their activities and locations. The measurements lasted on average 5.5 h and contained on average 330 observations. In addition, ambient PNC were measured at an urban background stationary monitoring site. Personal PNC were highly variable between measurements (IQR of mean: 11 780–24 650 cm−3) and also within a single measurement. Outdoor personal PNC in traffic environments were about two times higher than in non-traffic environments. Higher indoor personal PNC were associated with activities like cooking, being in a bistro or exposure to passive smoking. Overall, personal and stationary PNC were weakly to moderately correlated (r < 0.41). Personal PNC were much higher than stationary PNC in traffic (ratio: 1.5), when shopping (ratio: 2.4), and indoors with water vapor (ratio: 2.5). Additive mixed models were applied to predict personal PNC by participants’ activities and locations. Traffic microenvironments were significant determinants for outdoor personal PNC. Being in a bistro, passive smoking, and cooking contributed significantly to an increased indoor personal PNC.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Personal exposure; Air pollution; Particulate matter; Number concentration; Time-activity; Particulate Air-pollution; Size Distribution; Epidemiologic Evidence; Black Carbon; Germany; Number; Health; Variability; Augsburg; Indoor
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2015
Prepublished im Jahr
2014
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2014
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1438-4639
e-ISSN
1618-131X
Quellenangaben
Band: 218,
Heft: 2,
Seiten: 188-195
Verlag
Elsevier
Verlagsort
Amsterdam ; Boston, Mass. ; London ; New York, NY ; Oxford ; Paris ; Philadelphia, Pa. ; San Diego, Calif. ; St. Louis, Mo. ; München
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
POF Topic(s)
30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP-Element(e)
G-504000-004
G-504000-001
G-504000-001
PubMed ID
25458919
WOS ID
WOS:000350073700002
Scopus ID
84942418649
Scopus ID
84940165318
Scopus ID
84922022678
Erfassungsdatum
2014-11-25