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PARTICULATE MATTER
Table 1. Summary measures of selected personal particle exposure monitoring studies
Study population N a Exposure
metric
Adults with pre-existing disease
Adult COPD patients
in Vancouver
Adult COPD patients
in Seattle
Adult CVD patients
in Seattle
Adult COPD patients
in Boston
Adult CVD patients
in Amsterdam
Adult CVD patients
in Helsinki
Adult COPD patients
in Vancouver
Adult COPD patients
in Boston
Adult COPD patients
in Boston
Older adults
Elderly adults
in Seattle
Elderly retirement
home residents
in Baltimore
Elderly retirees
in Baltimore
Elderly retirees
in Baltimore
Elderly retirees
in Baltimore
Elderly retirees
in Baltimore
Elderly retirees
in Baltimore
Elderly retirees
in Baltimore
Adults (50–70 years)
in the Netherlands
16 x 7
34 x 10
27 x 10
18 x 12
36 x 22
46 x 27
16 x 7
17 x 8
17 x 8
28 x 10
21 x 15
10 x 22
15 x 12
Summer
15 x 12
Winter
15 x 12
Summer
15 x 12
Winter
10 x 22
37 x 7
PM2.5
PM2.5
PM2.5
PM2.5
PM2.5
PM2.5
SO4 2–
PM10
PM10–2.5
PM2.5
PM2.5
PM2.5
PM2.5
PM2.5
SO4 2–
SO4 2–
SO4 2–
PM10
Mean
personal
(μg/m 3 )
18.2
10.5
10.8
21.6
24.3
10.8
1.5
37.2
15.6
9.3
13.0
12.8
26.7
18.5
5.6
2.1
4.5
61.7
Mean
ambient
(μg/m 3 )
11.4
10.1
10.1
14.2 d
20.6
12.6
1.9
22.2 d
8.1 d
10.1
22.0
21.0 d
25.2
5.6
10.5
1.0
10.2 d
41.5
Median
personal–
ambient
correlation
(r) b
Reference
0.48
0.37 c
0.37 c
0.61
0.79
0.76
0.96
0.35
0.30
0.47 c
0.80
0.82
0.76
0.25
0.88
0.72
0.95
0.50
(0.71) e
Ebelt et al. (82)
Liu et al. (83)
Liu et al. (83)
227
Rojas-Bracho, Suh
& Koutrakis (84)
Janssen et al. (70)
Janssen et al. (70)
Ebelt et al. (82)
Rojas-Bracho, Suh
& Koutrakis (84)
Rojas-Bracho, Suh
& Koutrakis (84)
Liu et al. (83)
Williams et al.
(85,86)
Landis et al. (87)
Sarnat, Koutrakis &
Suh (88)
Sarnat, Koutrakis &
Suh (88)
Sarnat, Koutrakis &
Suh (88)
Sarnat, Koutrakis &
Suh (88)
Landis et al. (87)
Janssen et al. (89)