Airborne particulate matter and human health: A review
Airborne particulate matter and human health: A review
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DOI：
10.1080/02786820500191348
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发表时间：
2005-08-01
影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Solomon, PA
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作者：
Davidson, CI;Phalen, RF;Solomon, PA
最近的研究结果表明，颗粒物(PM)的组成和大小随着空间和时间的变化而变化很大。尽管被认为影响人类健康风险的PM特征存在变异性，但观察到的每单位PM质量的相对健康风险估计值落在一个狭窄的值范围内。此外，似乎没有单一的化学物质对健康的影响占主导地位；相反，这些影响似乎是由于多种化学物质的组合造成的。社会经济地位和生活方式等非PM因素也被认为影响健康风险，尽管解释这些混杂因素具有挑战性。空气中的PM除了对人类健康造成影响外，还造成了许多影响，例如能见度和气候的变化。由于PM问题与能源生产和经济发展等一系列社会问题有关，要在减少PM影响方面取得进展，将需要综合战略，将来自不同学科的科学家和决策者聚集在一起，从整体上考虑权衡。
Results of recent research show that particulate matter ( PM) composition and size vary widely with both space and time. Despite the variability in PM characteristics, which are believed to influence human health risks, the observed relative health risk estimates per unit PM mass falls within a narrow range of values. Furthermore, no single chemical species appears to dominate health effects; rather the effects appear to be due to a combination of species. Non-PM factors such as socioeconomic status and lifestyle are also believed to affect the health risk, although accounting for these confounding factors is challenging. Airborne PM is also responsible for a number of effects aside from human health, such as alterations in visibility and climate. Because the PM problem is associated with a range of societal issues such as energy production and economic development, making progress on reducing the effects of PM will require integrated strategies that bring together scientists and decision makers from different disciplines to consider tradeoffs holistically.