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ProfessorFrankKelly

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Battcock Chair in Community Health and Policy
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 8098 ext 48098frank.kelly Website

 
 
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Sir Michael Uren HubWhite City Campus

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Publications

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@article{Lim:2022:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155207,
author = {Lim, S and Bassey, E and Bos, B and Makacha, L and Varaden, D and Arku, RE and Baumgartner, J and Brauer, M and Ezzati, M and Kelly, FJ and Barratt, B},
doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155207},
journal = {Science of the Total Environment},
title = {Comparing human exposure to fine particulate matter in low and high-income countries: a systematic review of studies measuring personal PM2.5 exposure},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155207},
volume = {833},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BackgroundDue to the adverse health effects of air pollution, researchers have advocated for personal exposure measurements whereby individuals carry portable monitors in order to better characterise and understand the sources of people's pollution exposure.ObjectivesThe aim of this systematic review is to assess the differences in the magnitude and sources of personal PM2.5 exposures experienced between countries at contrasting levels of income.MethodsThis review summarised studies that measured participants personal exposure by carrying a PM2.5 monitor throughout their typical day. Personal PM2.5 exposures were summarised to indicate the distribution of exposures measured within each country income category (based on low (LIC), lower-middle (LMIC), upper-middle (UMIC), and high (HIC) income countries) and between different groups (i.e. gender, age, urban or rural residents).ResultsFrom the 2259 search results, there were 140 studies that met our criteria. Overall, personal PM2.5 exposures in HICs were lower compared to other countries, with UMICs exposures being slightly lower than exposures measured in LMICs or LICs. 34% of measured groups in HICs reported below the ambient World Health Organisation 24-h PM2.5 guideline of 15 μg/m3, compared to only 1% of UMICs and 0% of LMICs and LICs. There was no difference between rural and urban participant exposures in HICs, but there were noticeably higher exposures recorded in rural areas compared to urban areas in non-HICs, due to significant household sources of PM2.5 in rural locations. In HICs, studies reported that secondhand smoke, ambient pollution infiltrating indoors, and traffic emissions were the dominant contributors to personal exposures. While, in non-HICs, household cooking and heating with biomass and coal were reported as the most important sources.ConclusionThis review revealed a growing literature of personal PM2.5 exposure studies, which highlighted a large variability in exposures recorded and seve
AU  - Lim,S
AU  - Bassey,E
AU  - Bos,B
AU  - Makacha,L
AU  - Varaden,D
AU  - Arku,RE
AU  - Baumgartner,J
AU  - Brauer,M
AU  - Ezzati,M
AU  - Kelly,FJ
AU  - Barratt,B
DO  - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155207
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 0048-9697
TI  - Comparing human exposure to fine particulate matter in low and high-income countries: a systematic review of studies measuring personal PM2.5 exposure
T2  - Science of the Total Environment
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155207
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UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722023002
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/110128
VL  - 833
ER  -
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