Exposure to PM2.5 in modern office buildings through elemental characterization and oxidative potential

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-52

  Szigeti, Tamás ^a,b   Kertész, Zsófia ^c   Dunster, Christina ^d   Kelly, Frank J ^d   Záray, Gyula ^a,b   Mihucz, Victor G ^a,b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Hungarian Satellite Institute of Trace Elements for UNESCO   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indoor air quality; Occupational health; Office building; Oxidative potential; Particulate matter; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLASS FIBERS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OXYGEN; ZINC;

INDOOR AIR QUALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OXIDATIVE POTENTIAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ALUMINUM; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; FERROUS ION; GLUTATHIONE; LEAD; MANGANESE; POLITEF; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CHROMIUM; FILTER; HEATING; INDOOR AIR; MEMBRANE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SILICON; SPECTROMETRY; VENTILATION; ZINC;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIBER; FILTER; HEATING; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84900831634     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Almeida S.M., Canha N., Silva A., Freitas M.C., Pegas P., Alves C., Evtyugina M., Pio C.A. Children exposure to atmospheric particles in indoor of Lisbon primary schools. Atmos. Environ. 2011, 45:7594-7599.
2. de Blas M., Navazo M., Alonso L., Durana N., Gomez M.A., Iza J. Simultaneous indoor and outdoor on-line hourly monitoring of atmospheric volatile organic compounds in an urban building. The role of inside and outside sources. Sci. Total Environ. 2012, 426:327-335.
3. Braniš M., Safránek J. Characterization of coarse particulate matter in school gyms. Environ. Res. 2011, 111:485-491.
4. Cheng K.C., Goebes M.D., Hildemann L.M. Association of size-resolved airborne particles with foot traffic inside a carpeted hallway. Atmos. Environ. 2010, 44:2062-2066.
5. Chithra V.S., Shiva Nagendra S.M. Chemical and morphological characteristics of indoor and outdoor particulate matter in an urban environment. Atmos. Environ. 2013, 77:579-587.
6. Cross C.E., van der Vleit A., Louie S., Thiele J.J., Halliwell B. Oxidative stress and antioxidants at biosurfaces: plants, skin and respiratory tract surfaces. Environ. Health Perspect. 1998, 106:1241-1251.
7. Cyrys J., Stölzel M., Heinrich J., Kreyling W.G., Menzel N., Wittmaack K., Tuche T., Wichmann H.E. Elemental composition and sources of fine and ultrafine ambient particles in Erfurt, Germany. Sci. Total Environ. 2003, 305:143-156.
8. Dascalaki E.G., Gaglia A.G., Balaras C.A., Lagoudi A. Indoor environmental quality in Hellenic hospital operating rooms. Energy Build. 2009, 41:551-560.
9. Davidson T., Ke Q., Costa M. Selected molecular mechanisms of metal toxicity and carcinogenicity. Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals 2007, 82-84. Elsevier, Amsterdam. G.F. Nordberg (Ed.).
10. Destaillats H., Maddalena R.L., Singer B.C., Hodgson A.T., McKone T.E. Indoor pollutants emitted by office equipment: a review of reported data and information needs. Atmos. Environ. 2008, 42:1371-1388.
11. EC Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe 2008.
12. 10 in university rooms in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Atmos. Environ. 2006, 40:3195-3206.
13. Godri K.J., Green D.C., Fuller G.W., Dall'Osto M., Beddows D.C., Kelly F.J., Harrison R.M., Mudway I.S. Particulate oxidative burden associated with firework activity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44:8295-8301.
14. Godri K.J., Harrison R.M., Evans T., Baker T., Dunster C., Mudway I.S., Kelly F.J. Increased oxidative burden associated with traffic component of ambient particulate matter at roadside and urban background schools sites in London. Plos One 2011, 6:e21961.
15. He C., Morawska L., Taplin L. Particle emission characteristics of office printers. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41:6039-6045.
16. Heidi O., Gaarder P.I., Johansen B.V. Quantification and characterization of suspended particulate matter in indoor air. Sci. Total Environ. 1997, 193:185-196.
17. Horemans B., Worobiec A., Buczynska A., van Meel K., Van Grieken R. Airborne particulate matter and BTEX in office environments. J.Environ. Monit. 2008, 10:867-876.
18. Horemans B., van Grieken R. Speciation and diurnal variation of thoracic, fine thoracic and sub-micrometer airborne particulate matter at naturally ventilated office environments. Atmos. Environ. 2010, 44:1497-1505.
19. Kagi N., Fujii S., Horiba Y., Namiki N., Ohtani Y., Emi H., Tamura H., Kim Y.S. Indoor air quality for chemical and ultrafine particle contaminants from printers. Build. Environ. 2007, 42:1949-1954.
20. Kelly F.J. Oxidative stress: its role in air pollution and adverse health effects. Occup. Environ. Med. 2003, 60:612-616.
21. Kelly F.J., Fussell J.C. Size, source and chemical composition as determinants of toxicity attributable to ambient particulate matter. Atmos. Environ. 2012, 60:504-526.
22. Kelly F.J., Mudway I.S., Krishna M.T., Holgate S.T. The free radical basis of air pollution: focus on ozone. Respir. Med. 1995, 89:647-656.
23. Kertész Z., Dobos E., Fenyos B., Kéki R., Borbély-Kiss I. Time and size resolved elemental component study of urban aerosol in Debrecen, Hungary. X-Ray Spectrom. 2008, 37:107-111.
24. Kertész Z., Szikszai Z., Szoboszlai Z., Simon A., Huszánk R., Uzonyi I. Study of individual atmospheric aerosol particles at the Debrecen ion microprobe. Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 2009, 267:2236-2240.
25. Krupińska B., van Grieken R., de Wael K. Air quality monitoring in a museum for preventive conservation: results of a three-year study in the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp, Belgium. Microchem. J. 2013, 110:350-360.
26. 2.5 collected at 20 European sites. Environ. Health Perspect. 2006, 114:684-690.
27. 10 emissions from office equipment in an environmental chamber. Build. Environ. 2001, 36:837-842.
28. Michikawa T., Nakai S., Nitta H., Tamura K. Validity of using annual mean particulate matter concentrations as measured at fixed site in assessing personal exposure: an exposure assessment study in Japan. Sci. Total Environ. 2014, 466-467:673-680.
29. Mosqueron L., Momas I., Le Moullec Y. Personal exposure of Paris office workers to nitrogen dioxide and fine particles. Occup. Environ. Med. 2002, 59:550-555.
30. Nasir Z.A., Colbeck I. Particulate pollution in different housing types in a UK suburban location. Sci. Total Environ. 2013, 445-446:165-176.
31. Raysoni A.U., Stock T.H., Sarnat J.A., Montoya Sosa T., Ebelt Sarnat S.E., Holguin F., Greenwald R., Johnson B., Li W.W. Characterization of traffic-related air pollutant metrics at four schools in El Paso, Texas, USA: implications for exposure assessment and siting schools in urban areas. Atmos. Environ. 2013, 80:140-151.
32. Riain C.M., Mark D., Davies M., Harrison R.M., Byrne M.A. Averaging periods for indoor-outdoor ratios of pollution in naturally ventilated nondomestic buildings near a busy road. Atmos. Environ. 2003, 37:4121-4132.
33. Salma I., Dosztály K., Borsós T., Söveges B., Weidinger T., Kristóf G., Péter N., Kertész Z. Physical properties, chemical composition, sources, spatial distribution and sinks of indoor aerosol particles in a university lecture hall. Atmos. Environ. 2013, 64:219-228.
34. Sangiorgi G., Ferrero L., Ferrini B.S., Lo Porto C., Perrone M.G., Zangrando R., Gambaro A., Lazziti Z., Bolzacchini E. Indoor airborne particle sources and semi-volatile partitioning effect of outdoor fine PM in offices. Atmos. Environ. 2013, 65:205-214.
35. Saraga D., Pateraki S., Papadopoulos A., Vasilakos C., Maggos T. Studying the indoor air quality in three non-residential environments of different use: a museum, a printery industry and an office. Build. Environ. 2011, 46:2333-2341.
36. Shin S.H., Jo W.K. Volatile organic compound concentrations, emission rates, and source apportionment in newly-built apartments at pre-occupancy stage. Chemosphere 2012, 89:569-578.
37. Slezakova K., Pereira M.C., Alvim-Ferraz M.C. Influence of tobacco smoke on the elemental composition of indoor particles of different sizes. Atmos. Environ. 2009, 43:486-493.
38. 2.5 fractions of urban aerosol collected in Budapest and Istanbul. Microchem. J. 2013, 107:86-94.
39. Szoboszlai Z., Furu E., Angyal A., Szikszai Z., Kertész Z. Investigation of indoor aerosols collected at various educational institutions in Debrecen, Hungary. X-Ray Spectrom. 2011, 40:176-180.
40. US EPA Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter October 2004, vol. 1. National Centre for Environmental Assessment-RTP, Office of Research and Development.
41. Uzonyi I., Szabó G. PIXEKLM-TPI - a software package for quantitative elemental imaging with nuclear microprobe. Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 2005, 231:156-161.
42. Wedepohl H. The composition of the continental crust. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1995, 59:1217-1239.
43. WHO Air Quality Guidelines, Global Update 2005 2005, World Health Organization, ISBN 92 890 219.
44. 2.5 and its constituents: the effect of extraction solvent and filter type. Atmos. Environ. 2014, 83:35-42.
45. Zitnik M., Jakomin M., Pelicon P., Rupnik Z., Simcic J., Budnar M., Grlj N., Marzi B. Port of Koper - elemental concentrations in aerosols by PIXE. X-ray Spectrom. 2005, 34:330-334.