Particle lung deposited surface area (LDSAal) size distributions in different urban environments and geographical regions: Towards understanding of the PM2.5 dose-response

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21220%2F23%3A00371841" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21220/23:00371841 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108224" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108224</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108224" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.envint.2023.108224</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Particle lung deposited surface area (LDSAal) size distributions in different urban environments and geographical regions: Towards understanding of the PM2.5 dose-response

Original language description

Recent studies indicate that monitoring only fine particulate matter (PM2.5) may not be enough to understand and tackle the health risk caused by particulate pollution. Health effects per unit PM2.5 seem to increase in countries with low PM2.5, but also near local pollution sources (e.g., traffic) within cities. The aim of this study is to understand the differences in the characteristics of lung-depositing particles in different geographical regions and urban environments. Particle lung deposited surface area (LDSA(al)) concentrations and size distributions, along with PM2.5, were compared with ambient measurement data from Finland, Germany, Czechia, Chile, and India, covering traffic sites, residential areas, airports, shipping, and industrial sites. In Finland (low PM2.5), LDSAal size distributions depended significantly on the urban environment and were mainly attributable to ultrafine particles (<100 nm). In Central Europe (moderate PM2.5), LDSA(al )was also dependent on the urban environment, but furthermore heavily influenced by the regional aerosol. In Chile and India (high PM2.5), LDSA(al ) was mostly contributed by the regional aerosol despite that the measurements were done at busy traffic sites. The results indicate that the characteristics of lung-depositing particles vary significantly both within cities and between geographical regions. In addition, ratio between LDSA(al )and PM2.5 depended notably on the environment and the country, suggesting that LDSA(al ) exposure per unit PM2.5 may be multiple times higher in areas having low PM2.5 compared to areas with continuously high PM2.5. These findings may partly explain why PM(2.5)seems more toxic near local pollution sources and in areas with low PM(2.5)5. Furthermore, performance of a typical sensor based LDSA(al ) measurement is discussed and a new LDSA(2.5)(al ) notation indicating deposition region and particle size range is introduced. Overall, the study emphasizes the need for country-specific emission mitigation strategies, and the potential of LDSA(al ) concentration as a health-relevant pollution metric.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA18-04719S" target="_blank" >GA18-04719S: Mechanisms of toxicity of gasoline engine emissions in 3D tissue cultures and a model bronchial epithelial cell line</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Environmental International

ISSN

0160-4120

e-ISSN

1873-6750

Volume of the periodical

180

Issue of the periodical within the volume

108224

Country of publishing house

BE - BELGIUM

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001099869400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85172305525