Human health risk due to variations in PM<SUB>10</SUB>-PM<SUB>2.5</SUB> and associated PAHs levels

dc.creatorSosa, Beatriz Soledad
dc.creatorPorta, Atilio Andrés
dc.creatorColman Lerner, Jorge Esteban
dc.creatorBanda Noriega, Roxana
dc.creatorMassolo, Laura Andrea
dc.date2017
dc.date2023-06-27T15:04:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-15T10:56:55Z
dc.date.available2023-07-15T10:56:55Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/154717
dc.identifierissn:1352-2310
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7493781
dc.descriptionWHO (2012) reports that chronic exposure to air pollutants, including particulate matter (PM), causes the death of 7 million people, constituting the most important environmental risk for health in the world. IARC classifies contaminated outdoor air as carcinogenic, Group 1 category. However, in our countries there are few studies regarding air pollution levels and possible associated effects on public health. The current study determined PM and associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) levels in outdoor air, identified their possible emission sources and analysed health risks in the city of Tandil (Argentina). PM10 and PM2.5 samples were collected using a low volume sampler (MiniVol TAS) in three areas: city centre, industrial and residential. Concentrations were determined by gravimetric methods and the content of the US EPA 16 priority PAHs was found by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Description of the main emission sources and selection of monitoring sites resulted from spatial analysis and the IVE (International Vehicle Emissions) model was used in the characterisation of the traffic flow. Median values of 35.7 mgm-3 and 9.6 mgm-3 in PM10 and PM2.5 respectively and characteristic profiles were found for each area. Local values PAHs associated to PM10 and PM2.5, in general, were lower than 10ngm-3. The estimated Unit Risk for the three areas exceeds US EPA standards (9 10 5). The number of deaths attributable to short term exposure to outdoor PM10 was 4 cases in children under 5 years of age, and 21 cases in total population, for a relative risk of 1.037.
dc.descriptionCentro de Investigaciones del Medioambiente
dc.descriptionCentro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas
dc.descriptionUniversidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
dc.descriptionComisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aires
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.format27-35
dc.languageen
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.subjectQuímica
dc.subjectAir quality
dc.subjectPM
dc.subjectPM-PAHs
dc.subjectEnvironmental burden of disease
dc.subjectUnit Risk
dc.subjectTandil Argentina
dc.titleHuman health risk due to variations in PM<SUB>10</SUB>-PM<SUB>2.5</SUB> and associated PAHs levels
dc.typeArticulo
dc.typeArticulo


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