Black Carbon as an Additional Indicator of the Adverse Health Effects of Airborne Particles Compared with PM 10 and PM 2.5
Open Access
- 1 December 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 119 (12), 1691-1699
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1003369
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 particles from other sources, but the impact of policies directed at reducing PM from combustion processes is usually relatively small when effects are estimated for a reduction in the total mass concentration.Keywords
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