Black Carbon as an Additional Indicator of the Adverse Health Effects of Airborne Particles Compared with PM10 and PM2.5

A.H. Janssen, Nicole; Hoek, Gerard; Simic-Lawson, Milena; Fischer, Paul; van Bree, Leendert; ten Brink, Harry; Keuken, Menno; W. Atkinson, Richard; Ross Anderson, H.; Brunekreef, Bert; R. Cassee, Flemming

doi:10.1289/ehp.1003369

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Black Carbon as an Additional Indicator of the Adverse Health Effects of Airborne Particles Compared with PM10 and PM2.5

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Authors:

Nicole A.H. Janssen

Gerard Hoek

Milena Simic-Lawson

Abstract

Abstract Background: Current air quality standards for particulate matter (PM) use the PM mass concentration [PM with aerodynamic diameters ≤ 10 μm (PM10) or ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5)] as a metric. It has been suggested that particles from combustion sources are more relevant to human health than are particl...

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