Total exposure to airborne particulate matter in cities: The effect of biomass combustion

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 795-805

  Sarigiannis, Dimosthenis ^a,b   Karakitsios, Spyros ^a,b   Kermenidou, Marianthi ^a   Nikolaki, Spyridoula ^a   Zikopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Semelidis, Stauros ^a   Papagiannakis, Apostolos ^a   Tzimou, Roxani ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Biomass burning; Indoor air; PM exposure

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SPACE HEATING;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELING; BIOMASS-BURNING; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; BIOMASS COMBUSTION;

BIOMASS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

LEVOGLUCOSAN; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN AREA; BIOMASS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; COLD CLIMATE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREECE; HEATING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; METEOROLOGY; OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WARM CLIMATE; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; HEALTH; INCINERATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; FIRE; MOLECULAR MODEL;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA]; THESSALONIKI [THESSALONIKI (DPR)];

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84903833510     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.055     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Banerjee A., Mondal N., Das D., Ray M. Neutrophilic inflammatory response and oxidative stress in premenopausal women chronically exposed to indoor air pollution from biomass burning. Inflammation 2012, 35:671-683.
2. Belis C.A., Karagulian F., Larsen B.R., Hopke P.K. Critical review and meta-analysis of ambient particulate matter source apportionment using receptor models in Europe. Atmos Environ 2013, 69:94-108.
3. Brook R.D. Cardiovascular effects of air pollution. Clin Sci 2008, 115:175-187.
4. Caseiro A., Bauer H., Schmidl C., Pio C.A., Puxbaum H. Wood burning impact on PM10 in three Austrian regions. Atmos Environ 2009, 43:2186-2195.
5. Dennis J.E.J., Schnabel R.B. Numerical methods for unconstrained optimization and nonlinear equations 1996, Soc for Industrial & Applied Math.
6. Fabbri D., Modelli S., Torri C., Cemin A., Ragazzi M., Scaramuzza P. GC-MS determination of levoglucosan in atmospheric particulate matter collected over different filter materials. J Environ Monit 2008, 10:1519-1523.
7. Fuller G.W., Tremper A.H., Baker T.D., Yttri K.E., Butterfield D. Contribution of wood burning to PM10 in London. Atmos Environ 2014, 87:87-94.
8. Galindo N., Varea M., Gil-Moltó J., Yubero E., Nicolás J. The influence of meteorology on particulate matter concentrations at an urban mediterranean location. Water Air Soil Pollut 2011, 215:365-372.
9. Grivas G., Chaloulakou A. Artificial neural network models for prediction of PM10 hourly concentrations, in the Greater Area of Athens, Greece. Atmos Environ 2006, 40:1216-1229.
10. Guo L., Lewis J.O., McLaughlin J.P. Emissions from Irish domestic fireplaces and their impact on indoor air quality when used as supplementary heating source. Global NEST J 2008, 10.
11. Hänninen O.O., Lebret E., Ilacqua V., Katsouyanni K., Künzli N., Srám R.J., et al. Infiltration of ambient PM2.5 and levels of indoor generated non-ETS PM2.5 in residences of four European cities. Atmos Environ 2004, 38:6411-6423.
12. He C., Morawska L., Hitchins J., Gilbert D. Contribution from indoor sources to particle number and mass concentrations in residential houses. Atmos Environ 2004, 38:3405-3415.
13. INTERA The INTERA platform [accessed 2 January 2013]. http://www.intera.cperi.certh.gr.
14. Karakitsios S.P., Papaloukas C.L., Kassomenos P.A., Pilidis G.A. Assessment and prediction of benzene concentrations in a street canyon using artificial neural networks and deterministic models: their response to "what if" scenarios. Ecol Model 2006, 193:253-270.
15. Karakitsios S., Asikainen A., Garden C., Semple S., De Brouwere K., Galea K.S., et al. Integrated exposure for risk assessment in indoor environments based on a review of concentration data on airborne chemical pollutants in domestic environments in Europe. Indoor Built Environ 2014, 10.1177/1420326X14534865.
16. Kassomenos P., Petrakis M., Sarigiannis D., Gotti A., Karakitsios S. Identifying the contribution of physical and chemical stressors to the daily number of hospital admissions implementing an artificial neural network model. Air Qual Atmos Health 2011, 1-10.
17. Kassomenos P.A., Kelessis A., Paschalidou A.K., Petrakakis M. Identification of sources and processes affecting particulate pollution in Thessaloniki, Greece. Atmos Environ 2011, 45:7293-7300.
18. Katsouyanni K., Touloumi G., Samoli E., Gryparis A., Le Tertre A., Monopolis Y., et al. Confounding and effect modification in the short-term effects of ambient particles on total mortality: results from 29 European cities within the APHEA2 project. Epidemiology 2001, 12:521-531.
19. Kinney P.L., Chillrud S.N., Ramstrom S., Ross J., Spengler J.D. Exposures to multiple air toxics in New York City. Environ Health Perspect 2002, 110(Suppl. 4):539-546.
20. Lai H.K., Bayer-Oglesby L., Colvile R., Götschi T., Jantunen M.J., Künzli N., et al. Determinants of indoor air concentrations of PM2.5, black smoke and NO2 in six European cities (EXPOLIS study). Atmos Environ 2006, 40:1299-1313.
21. Lohse K.A., Hope D., Sponseller R., Allen J.O., Grimm N.B. Atmospheric deposition of carbon and nutrients across an arid metropolitan area. Sci Total Environ 2008, 402:95-105.
22. Ntziachristos L., Samaras Z. An empirical method for predicting exhaust emissions of regulated pollutants from future vehicle technologies. Atmos Environ 2001, 35:1985-1999.
23. Ott W.R. Concepts of human exposure to air pollution. Environ Int 1982, 7:179-196.
24. Özkaynak H., Xue J., Weker R., Butler D., Koutrakis P., Spengler J. The particle TEAM (PTEAM) study: analysis of the data. Technical report. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Research Triangle Park, NC 1996, vol. III.
25. Paschalidou A.K., Karakitsios S., Kleanthous S., Kassomenos P.A. Forecasting hourly PM10 concentration in Cyprus through artificial neural networks and multiple regression models: implications to local environmental management. Environ Sci Pollut Res 2011, 18:316-327.
26. Perrone M.G., Larsen B.R., Ferrero L., Sangiorgi G., De Gennaro G., Udisti R., et al. Sources of high PM2.5 concentrations in Milan, Northern Italy: molecular marker data and CMB modelling. Sci Total Environ 2012, 414:343-355.
27. Puxbaum H., Caseiro A., Sánchez-Ochoa A., Kasper-Giebl A., Claeys M., Gelencsér A., et al. Levoglucosan levels at background sites in Europe for assessing the impact of biomass combustion on the European aerosol background. J Geophys Res Atmos 2007, 112.
28. Reisen F., Meyer C.P.M., Keywood M.D. Impact of biomass burning sources on seasonal aerosol air quality. Atmos Environ 2013, 67:437-447.
29. Sarigiannis D.A., Soulakellis N., Schäfer K., Tombrou M., Sifakis N.I., Assimakopoulos D., et al. ICAROS: an integrated computational environment for the assimilation of environmental data and models for urban and regional air quality. Water Air Soil Pollut 2002, 2:641-654.
30. Sarigiannis D.A., Soulakellis N.A., Sifakis N.I. Information fusion for computational assessment of air quality and health effects. Photogramm Eng Remote Sens 2004, 70:235-245.
31. Sarigiannis D.A., Karakitsios S.P., Gotti A., Papaloukas C.L., Kassomenos P.A., Pilidis G.A. Bayesian algorithm implementation in a real time exposure assessment model on benzene with calculation of associated cancer risks. Sensors 2009, 9:731-755.
32. Sarigiannis D., Gotti A., Karakitsios S., Kontoroupis P., Nikolaki S. Intera platform: a tool for mechanistic risk assessment of indoor air pollutants. Epidemiology 2012, 23.
33. Sarigiannis D.A., Karakitsios S.P., Antonakopoulou M.P., Gotti A. Exposure analysis of accidental release of mercury from compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). Sci Total Environ 2012, 435-436:306-315.
34. Schlink U., Dorling S., Pelikan E., Nunnari G., Cawley G., Junninen H., et al. A rigorous inter-comparison of ground-level ozone predictions. Atmos Environ 2003, 37:3237-3253.
35. Semple S., Garden C., Coggins M., Galea K.S., Whelan P., Cowie H., et al. Contribution of solid fuel, gas combustion, or tobacco smoke to indoor air pollutant concentrations in Irish and Scottish homes. Indoor Air 2012, 22:212-223.
36. UNECE UNECE, Bulletin of Housing Statistics for Europe and North America 2006 http://www.unece.org/hlm/prgm/hsstat/Bulletin_06.htm.
37. Viana M., Querol X., Alastuey A., Ballester F., Llop S., Esplugues A., et al. Characterising exposure to PM aerosols for an epidemiological study. Atmos Environ 2008, 42:1552-1568.
38. Vlachogianni A., Kassomenos P., Karppinen A., Karakitsios S., Kukkonen J. Evaluation of a multiple regression model for the forecasting of the concentrations of NOx and PM10 in Athens and Helsinki. Sci Total Environ 2011, 409:1559-1571.
39. Wagner F., Amann M., Bertok I., Cofala J., Heyes C., Klimont Z., et al. Baseline emission projections and further cost-effective reductions of air pollution impacts in Europe-a 2010 perspective 2010, IIASA, Austria.
40. Zhang T., Claeys M., Cachier H., Dong S., Wang W., Maenhaut W., et al. Identification and estimation of the biomass burning contribution to Beijing aerosol using levoglucosan as a molecular marker. Atmos Environ 2008, 42:7013-7021.