Particulate matter air pollution in children's residential environments in Wuhan, China

Wei Cai; Hiroshi Yoshino; Shengwei Zhu; U. Yanagi; Zhubing Jing

Particulate matter air pollution in children's residential environments in Wuhan, China

Wei Cai, Hiroshi Yoshino, Shengwei Zhu, U. Yanagi, Zhubing Jing

Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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Abstract

Particulate matter (PM) air pollution was examined by the field monitoring of PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 concentrations in the residential environments of the children around 10-year old in Wuhan, China, in October and December, 2013. According to the results, PM_2.5 was the primary respirable particulate air pollutant because the ambient concentration ratio of PM₁₀ to PM_2.5 was around 1.1; and indoor PM level indicated to be primary determined by ambient PM air pollution. The results showed that the children generally stayed in polluted environments with high PM concentration. Especially in December, both PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ concentrations reached very high levels, resulting in "heavily polluted" or "severely polluted" condition not only outdoors, but also inside the homes and classrooms. Therefore, air filtration is necessary to control PM level in the outdoor air supplied to the children's residential environments.

Original language	English
Pages	254-259
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2014 Jan 1
Event	13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Indoor Air 2014 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong Duration: 2014 Jul 7 → 2014 Jul 12

Other

Other	13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Indoor Air 2014
Country	Hong Kong
City	Hong Kong
Period	14/7/7 → 14/7/12

Keywords

Air pollution
Children
Particulate matter
Residential environment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pollution
Building and Construction
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Computer Science Applications

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