A Collocation Study of PM-10 and PM-2.5 Inertial Impactors for Indoor Aerosol Exposure Assessment
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Anderson, Robert B.
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Abstract
- Two different designs of PM-10 and PM-2.5 micron aerodynamic cut size impaction inlets have been developed for the characterization of human exposure to inhalable particulate matter in the indoor environment. The present research provides initial characterization for the free¬ standing Micro-Environmental Monitor (MEM) and the shirt collar-mounted Personal Exposure Monitor (PEM). Triplicates of the PM-10 and PM-2.5 MEM and PEM inlets were collocated with three Andersen dichotomous samplers and exposed to a homogeneous aerosol of fine AC Test Dust. Results indicated that the PM-2.5 and PM-10 MEM and the PM-2.5 PEM samplers compared well to the dichotomous sampler averaging 6.4%, 7.5% and 5.2% greater mass concentrations respectively. The PM-10 PEM, however, consistently over sampled averaging greater than 30% higher mass concentrations relative to the dichotomous sampler.
- Date of publication
- January 1989
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- Shiffman, Morris A.
- Wiener, Russell W.
- Kamens, R. M.
- Degree
- Master of Science in Public Health
- Academic concentration
- Industrial Hygiene
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 1989
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