TITLE:
Significance of Personal Exposure Assessment to Air Pollution in the Urban Areas of Egypt
AUTHORS:
Mahmoud M. M. Abdel-Salam
KEYWORDS:
Air Pollution, Personal Exposure, Health Effects, Exposure Assessment
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Air Pollution,
Vol.4 No.1,
February
6,
2015
ABSTRACT: Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, has been found to be related to
serious adverse health effects. Accurate estimation of air pollution exposure
has become very important to suggest proper air pollution control policies and
to further assess the effectiveness of these policies. In many instances,
personal exposures have been found to be greater than concentrations measured
at fixed site monitoring stations. As people
spend most of their time indoors particularly during harsh weather
conditions, it is necessary to consider indoor air quality in exposure
assessment studies. The current paper focuses on the importance of personal
exposure assessment based on spatial and temporal activity patters both indoors
and outdoors.