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Indoor aerosols: from personal exposure to risk assessment

Indoor air, 2013-12, Vol.23 (6), p.462-487 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd ;2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ;ISSN: 0905-6947 ;EISSN: 1600-0668 ;DOI: 10.1111/ina.12044 ;PMID: 23574389

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Title:
Indoor aerosols: from personal exposure to risk assessment
Author: Morawska, L. ; Afshari, A. ; Bae, G. N. ; Buonanno, G. ; Chao, C. Y. H. ; Hänninen, O. ; Hofmann, W. ; Isaxon, C. ; Jayaratne, E. R. ; Pasanen, P. ; Salthammer, T. ; Waring, M. ; Wierzbicka, A.
Subjects: Aerosols ; Aerosols - adverse effects ; Aerosols - analysis ; Air Pollution, Indoor - adverse effects ; Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis ; assessment ; Burden of disease ; Burden of disease from particulate matter exposure ; Domestic indoor ; Domestic indoor particulate matter ; Engineering and Technology ; Environmental Exposure ; from particulate matter exposure ; Health risk assessment ; Humans ; Indoor air quality ; Indoor particulate matter ; Maskinteknik ; Mechanical Engineering ; Methods for personal exposure ; Methods for personal exposure assessment ; Occupational safety ; particulate matter ; Personal exposure ; Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics ; Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi ; Risk Assessment ; School indoor particulate matter ; Teknik
Is Part Of: Indoor air, 2013-12, Vol.23 (6), p.462-487
Description: Motivated by growing considerations of the scale, severity, and risks associated with human exposure to indoor particulate matter, this work reviewed existing literature to: (i) identify state‐of‐the‐art experimental techniques used for personal exposure assessment; (ii) compare exposure levels reported for domestic/school settings in different countries (excluding exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and particulate matter from biomass cooking in developing countries); (iii) assess the contribution of outdoor background vs indoor sources to personal exposure; and (iv) examine scientific understanding of the risks posed by personal exposure to indoor aerosols. Limited studies assessing integrated daily residential exposure to just one particle size fraction, ultrafine particles, show that the contribution of indoor sources ranged from 19% to 76%. This indicates a strong dependence on resident activities, source events and site specificity, and highlights the importance of indoor sources for total personal exposure. Further, it was assessed that 10–30% of the total burden of disease from particulate matter exposure was due to indoor‐generated particles, signifying that indoor environments are likely to be a dominant environmental factor affecting human health. However, due to challenges associated with conducting epidemiological assessments, the role of indoor‐generated particles has not been fully acknowledged, and improved exposure/risk assessment methods are still needed, together with a serious focus on exposure control.
Publisher: England: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0905-6947
EISSN: 1600-0668
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12044
PMID: 23574389
Source: MEDLINE
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Indoor aerosols: from personal exposure to risk assessment

2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd ;2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ;ISSN: 0905-6947 ;EISSN: 1600-0668 ;DOI: 10.1111/ina.12044 ;PMID: 23574389

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