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Black carbon as an additional indicator of the adverse health effects of airborne particles compared with PM10 and PM2.5.

Janssen, NA; Hoek, G; Simic-Lawson, M; Fischer, P; van Bree, L; ten Brink, H; Keuken, M; Atkinson, RW; Anderson, HR; Brunekreef, B; et al. Janssen, NA; Hoek, G; Simic-Lawson, M; Fischer, P; van Bree, L; ten Brink, H; Keuken, M; Atkinson, RW; Anderson, HR; Brunekreef, B; Cassee, FR (2011) Black carbon as an additional indicator of the adverse health effects of airborne particles compared with PM10 and PM2.5. Environ Health Perspect, 119 (12). 1691 - 1699. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1003369
SGUL Authors: Anderson, Hugh Ross Atkinson, Richard William

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Abstract

Current air quality standards for particulate matter (PM) use the PM mass concentration [PM with aerodynamic diameters ≤ 10 μm (PM(10)) or ≤ 2.5 μm (PM(2.5))] as a metric. It has been suggested that particles from combustion sources are more relevant to human health than are particles from other sources, but the impact of policies directed at reducing PM from combustion processes is usually relatively small when effects are estimated for a reduction in the total mass concentration.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: PMCID: PMC3261976
Keywords: Environmental Exposure, Humans, Models, Theoretical, Particle Size, Particulate Matter, Soot, Vehicle Emissions
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH)
Journal or Publication Title: Environ Health Perspect
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December 2011Published
PubMed ID: 21810552
Web of Science ID: 21810552
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/1316
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1003369

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