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Factors affecting the concentration of outdoor particles indoors: Existing data and data needs

Mckone, T. E., Thatcher, T. L., Fisk, W. J., Sextro, R. G., Sohn, M. D., Delp, W. W. and Riley, W. J.
2002
Indoor Air 2002 - The 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Monterey, CA

Mckone, T. E., Thatcher, T. L., Fisk, W. J., Sextro, R. G., Sohn, M. D., Delp, W. W. and Riley, W. J., (2002), "Factors affecting the concentration of outdoor particles indoors: Existing data and data needs", Indoor Air 2002 - The 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Monterey, CA.
Abstract:
Accurate characterization of particle concentrations indoors is critical to exposure assessments. It is estimated that indoor particle concentrations depend strongly on outdoor concentrations. For health scientists, knowledge of the factors that control the relationship of indoor particle concentrations to outdoor levels is particularly important. In this paper, we identify and evaluate sources of data for those factors that affect the transport to and concentration of outdoor particles indoors. To achieve this goal, we (i) identify and assemble relevant information on how particle behavior during air leakage, HVAC operation, and particle filtration effects indoor particle concentration; (ii) review and evaluate the assembled information to distinguish data that are directly relevant to specific estimates of particle transport from those that are only indirectly useful; and (iii) provide a synthesis of the currently available information on building air-leakage parameters and their effect on indoor particle matter concentrations.
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Mckone, T. E.
Indoor Environment Department, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. wjriley@lbl.gov
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Thatcher, T. L.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Berkeley, California
  1. A concentration rebound method for measuring particle penetration and deposition in the indoor environment  
Fisk, W. J.
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  3. Improving the Health of Workers in Indoor Environments: Priority Research Needs for a National Occupational Research Agenda  
Sextro, R. G.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Berkeley, California
  1. A concentration rebound method for measuring particle penetration and deposition in the indoor environment  
Sohn, M. D.
     
Delp, W. W.
     
Riley, W. J.
Indoor Environment Department, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. wjriley@lbl.gov
  1. Indoor particulate matter of outdoor origin: importance of size-dependent removal mechanisms  


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