Indoor Emissions Contributed the Majority of Ultrafine Particles in Chinese Urban Residences

C Chen, B Zhao - Environmental Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ultrafine particle (UFP) pollution should be controlled to reduce its effects on health. The
design of control measures is limited owing to the uncertainty of source contributions in …

Effects of cooking and window opening behaviors on indoor ultrafine particle concentrations in urban residences: A field study in Yangtze River Delta region of China

Z Zhang, X Lv, Z Wei, J Guan, Y Zhang, S Chen… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Characterization of indoor ultrafine particles (UFPs, diameter< 100 nm) in
residences has been of great interest. However, insufficient information was presented with …

Ultrafine particle concentrations and exposures in four high-rise Beijing apartments

NA Mullen, C Liu, Y Zhang, S Wang… - Atmospheric Environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Ultrafine particle (UFP) exposures have the potential to elicit adverse health effects. People
spend most of their time within their place of residence. Little information is available on UFP …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafine particles: A review about their health effects, presence, generation, and measurement in indoor environments

J Marval, P Tronville - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Human exposure to aerosols has been associated with diseases and death, reducing the
population's life expectancy up to a few years. Indoor particulate matter is predominant in …

Ultrafine particle concentrations and exposures in seven residences in northern California

S Bhangar, NA Mullen, SV Hering, NM Kreisberg… - Indoor …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Human exposures to ultrafine particles (UFP) are poorly characterized given the potential
associated health risks. Residences are important sites of exposure. To characterize …

Outdoor-to-indoor transport of ultrafine particles: Measurement and model development of infiltration factor

C Chen, M Yao, X Luo, Y Zhu, Z Liu, H Zhuo… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ambient ultrafine particles (UFPs: particles of diameter less than 100 nm) cause significant
adverse health effects. As people spend most time indoors, the outdoor-to-indoor transport …

Impacts of household coal combustion on indoor ultrafine particles—a preliminary case study and implication on exposure reduction

Z Luo, R Xing, W Huang, R Xiong, L Qin, Y Ren… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ultrafine particles (UFPs) significantly affect human health and climate. UFPs can be
produced largely from the incomplete burning of solid fuels in stoves; however, indoor UFPs …

Spatio-temporal variation of urban ultrafine particle number concentrations

MS Ragettli, RE Ducret-Stich, M Foraster… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Methods are needed to characterize short-term exposure to ultrafine particle number
concentrations (UFP) for epidemiological studies on the health effects of traffic-related UFP …

Size-resolved emission rates of episodic indoor sources and ultrafine particle dynamics

SG Jeong, L Wallace, D Rim - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Indoor airborne ultrafine particles (UFPs) are mainly originated from occupant activities,
such as candle burning and cooking. Elevated exposure to UFPs has been found to …

Characteristics of ultrafine particles in urban areas observed worldwide and in Korea: Sources and emissions, spatial and temporal distributions, and health effects

W Choi, JJ Kim - Atmosphere, 2018 - koreascience.kr
Ultrafine particles (< 100 nm in diameter, UFP) are known to be more toxic per unit mass
than larger particles and contribute to more than 90% in particle number concentrations in …