The 1999 Fresno Particulate Matter Exposure Studies: Comparison of Community, Outdoor, and Residential PM Mass Measurements

• Published in: Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) Vol. 50; no. 11; pp. 1887 - 1896
• Main Authors: Evans, Gary F., Highsmith, Ross V., Sheldon, Linda S., Suggs, Jack C., Williams, Ronald W., Zweidinger, Roy B., Creason, John P., Walsh, Debra, Rodes, Charles E., Lawless, Phillip A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pittsburgh, PA Taylor & Francis Group 01-11-2000; Air & Waste Management Association
• Subjects: Aged; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air Pollution - analysis; Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis; Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding; Applied sciences; Atmospheric pollution; Biological and medical sciences; California; Environment. Living conditions; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Exact sciences and technology; Humans; Medical sciences; Pollutants physicochemistry study: properties, effects, reactions, transport and distribution; Pollution; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Time Factors; California; United States; North America; America; Human; Health risks; Air quality; Exposure; Urban area; Epidemiology; Time variation; Suspended particle; Health and environment; Surveillance; Seasonal variation; Content; Aerosols; Indoor pollution; Air pollution; Homes for the aged; Elderly
• ISSN: 1096-2247; 2162-2906
• DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2000.10464224

Two collaborative studies have been conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) and National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory to determine personal exposures and physiological responses to par-ticulate matter (PM) of elderly persons living in a retirement facility in Fresno, CA. Measurements of PM and other criteria air pollutants were made inside selected individual residences within the retirement facility and at a central outdoor site on the premises. In addition, personal PM exposure monitoring was conducted for a subset of the participants, and ambient PM monitoring data were available for comparison from the NERL PM research monitoring platform in central Fresno. Both a winter (February 1-28, 1999) and a spring (April 19-May 16, 1999) study were completed so that seasonal effects could be