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  • Quantify individual variati...
    Li, Yungui; Wang, Yuqiong; Wang, Jinze; Chen, Long; Wang, Zhenglu; Feng, Sheng; Lin, Nan; Du, Wei

    Indoor air, 01/2022, Letnik: 32, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    Fine particulate matter (PM ) concentrations show high variations in different microenvironments indoors, which has considerable impact on risk management. However, the real-time variations of PM exposure associated with per activity/microenvironment and intra-variation among family members remain undefined. In this study, real-time monitors were used to collect real-time PM data in different microenvironments in 32 households in urban community of China. Peak concentrations of PM were found in kitchen. The parallel levels of PM household indoor and outdoor indicated the benefit of clean energies use. To validly assess the health risk of individuals, we proposed a novel method to estimate the real-time exposure of all residents and firstly investigate the intra-variation of PM exposure among family members. The member who is responsible for cooking in the family had the maximum PM exposure. The ratios among intraindividual variations demonstrated children usually had lower exposure compared to the adults as they stayed more time in lower polluted microenvironments such as living room and bedroom. The exposure intensity in living room was above 1.0 for most residents, indicating it is warranted to alleviate the air pollution in living room. This study firstly focused on the intra differences of PM exposure among family members and provided a new insight for indoor air pollution management. The results suggested when adopting measures to reduce exposure, the microenvironments pattern of each member should be taken into consideration. Future work is welcomed to move another big step on this issue to protect the human health.