Health effects of carbon-containing particulate matter: focus on sources and recent research program results
| Autor: | Annette C. Rohr, Jacob D. McDonald |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Air pollution Biomass Context (language use) 010501 environmental sciences Toxicology medicine.disease_cause Combustion 01 natural sciences Air Pollution medicine Animals Humans Cooking Particle Size Air quality index Vehicle Emissions 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Aerosols Air Pollutants Primary (chemistry) Dust Environmental Exposure Environmental exposure Particulates Wood Carbon Microspheres Spontaneous Combustion Environmental chemistry Models Animal Environmental science Particulate Matter |
| Zdroj: | Critical Reviews in Toxicology. 46:97-137 |
| ISSN: | 1547-6898 1040-8444 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/10408444.2015.1107024 |
| Popis: | Air pollution is a complex mixture of gas-, vapor-, and particulate-phase materials comprised of inorganic and organic species. Many of these components have been associated with adverse health effects in epidemiological and toxicological studies, including a broad spectrum of carbonaceous atmospheric components. This paper reviews recent literature on the health impacts of organic aerosols, with a focus on specific sources of organic material; it is not intended to be a comprehensive review of all the available literature. Specific emission sources reviewed include engine emissions, wood/biomass combustion emissions, biogenic emissions and secondary organic aerosol (SOA), resuspended road dust, tire and brake wear, and cooking emissions. In addition, recent findings from large toxicological and epidemiological research programs are reviewed in the context of organic PM, including SPHERES, NPACT, NERC, ACES, and TERESA. A review of the extant literature suggests that there are clear health impacts from emissions containing carbon-containing PM, but difficulty remains in apportioning responses to certain groupings of carbonaceous materials, such as organic and elemental carbon, condensed and gas phases, and primary and secondary material. More focused epidemiological and toxicological studies, including increased characterization of organic materials, would increase understanding of this issue. |
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