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Estimated distributions of personal exposure to respirable particles

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A method of estimating distributions of exposure to respirable particles is presented. Using pollutant monitoring data from outdoors and indoors, time-activity data and a time-weighted exposure model, means and variances for exposure distributions are generated. Variances are estimated using Gauss' law of error propagation. The model is calibrated using data from a personal monitoring study. Estimated distributions of exposure to respirable particles for children in six cities living in homes with and without smokers are presented. The implications of these estimates for air pollution epidemiology and needs for further research are discussed.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science and Physiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, 02115, Boston, MA, USA

    Richard Letz, P. Barry Ryan & John D. Spengler

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Letz, R., Ryan, P.B. & Spengler, J.D. Estimated distributions of personal exposure to respirable particles. Environ Monit Assess 4, 351–359 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394173

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