Particulate matter in rural and urban nursery schools in Portugal

Environmental Pollution
R A O NunesS I V Sousa

Abstract

Studies have been showing strong associations between exposures to indoor particulate matter (PM) and health effects on children. Urban and rural nursery schools have different known environmental and social differences which make their study relevant. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate indoor PM concentrations on different microenvironments of three rural nursery schools and one urban nursery school, being the only study comparing urban and rural nursery schools considering the PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 fractions (measured continuously and in terms of mass). Outdoor PM2.5 and PM10 were also obtained and I/O ratios have been determined. Indoor PM mean concentrations were higher in the urban nursery than in rural ones, which might have been related to traffic emissions. However, I/O ratios allowed concluding that the recorded concentrations depended more significantly of indoor sources. WHO guidelines and Portuguese legislation exceedances for PM2.5 and PM10 were observed mainly in the urban nursery school.

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Aug 5, 2015·Environmental Pollution·R A O NunesS I V Sousa
Sep 8, 2015·Environmental Research·P T B S BrancoS I V Sousa
Jun 1, 2017·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Juliana P SáSofia I V Sousa
Jul 18, 2015·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Anna Mainka, Elwira Zajusz-Zubek
Jul 18, 2015·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Anna MainkaKonrad Kaczmarek
Aug 1, 2020·The Science of the Total Environment·Pedro T B S BrancoSofia I V Sousa
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