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Importance of Punctual Monitoring to Evaluate the Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter
Particulate matter (PM) pollution is one of the major public health problems worldwide, given the high mortality attributable to exposure to PM pollution and the high pathogenicity that is found above all in the respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems. The main sources of PM pollution...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078301 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710587 |
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author | Izzotti, Alberto Spatera, Paola Khalid, Zumama Pulliero, Alessandra |
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description | Particulate matter (PM) pollution is one of the major public health problems worldwide, given the high mortality attributable to exposure to PM pollution and the high pathogenicity that is found above all in the respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems. The main sources of PM pollution are the daily use of fuels (wood, coal, organic residues) in appliances without emissions abatement systems, industrial emissions, and vehicular traffic. This review aims to investigate the causes of PM pollution and classify the different types of dust based on their size. The health effects of exposure to PM will also be discussed. Particular attention is paid to the measurement method, which is unsuitable in the risk assessment process, as the evaluation of the average PM compared to the evaluation of PM with punctual monitoring significantly underestimates the health risk induced by the achievement of high PM values, even for limited periods of time. |
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spelling | pubmed-95184142022-09-29 Importance of Punctual Monitoring to Evaluate the Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter Izzotti, Alberto Spatera, Paola Khalid, Zumama Pulliero, Alessandra Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Particulate matter (PM) pollution is one of the major public health problems worldwide, given the high mortality attributable to exposure to PM pollution and the high pathogenicity that is found above all in the respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems. The main sources of PM pollution are the daily use of fuels (wood, coal, organic residues) in appliances without emissions abatement systems, industrial emissions, and vehicular traffic. This review aims to investigate the causes of PM pollution and classify the different types of dust based on their size. The health effects of exposure to PM will also be discussed. Particular attention is paid to the measurement method, which is unsuitable in the risk assessment process, as the evaluation of the average PM compared to the evaluation of PM with punctual monitoring significantly underestimates the health risk induced by the achievement of high PM values, even for limited periods of time. MDPI 2022-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9518414/ /pubmed/36078301 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710587 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Izzotti, Alberto Spatera, Paola Khalid, Zumama Pulliero, Alessandra Importance of Punctual Monitoring to Evaluate the Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter |
title | Importance of Punctual Monitoring to Evaluate the Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter |
title_full | Importance of Punctual Monitoring to Evaluate the Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter |
title_fullStr | Importance of Punctual Monitoring to Evaluate the Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter |
title_full_unstemmed | Importance of Punctual Monitoring to Evaluate the Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter |
title_short | Importance of Punctual Monitoring to Evaluate the Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter |
title_sort | importance of punctual monitoring to evaluate the health effects of airborne particulate matter |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078301 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710587 |
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