Effectiveness of commercial face masks to reduce personal PM exposure.
Black carbon
Commuters exposure
Cyclist's exposure protection
Lung deposited surface area
Personal protective equipment
Ultrafine particles
Journal
The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 Feb 2019
10 Feb 2019
Historique:
received:
18
06
2018
revised:
04
09
2018
accepted:
08
09
2018
entrez:
13
10
2018
pubmed:
13
10
2018
medline:
10
11
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Cycling and walking are promoted as means of transportation which can contribute to the reduction of traffic pollution in urban areas. However, cyclists and pedestrians may be exposed to high concentrations of air pollutants due to their proximity to vehicle emissions. Commercial face mask respirators are widely used, in both developing and developed countries, as an individual protective measure against particle pollution. However scientific data on the efficacy of face mask respirators in reducing airborne particle exposure is limited. In this study, a custom experimental set-up was developed in order to measure the effectiveness of nine different respirators under real environmental conditions in terms of particle mass concentration below 2.5 μm (PM
Identifiants
pubmed: 30308844
pii: S0048-9697(18)33551-4
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.109
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Air Pollutants
0
Particulate Matter
0
Vehicle Emissions
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1582-1590Informations de copyright
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