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Indoor human exposure to size-fractionated aerosols during the 2015 Southeast Asian smoke haze and assessment of exposure mitigation strategies [1]

The 2015 smoke haze episode was one of the most severe and prolonged transboundary air pollution events ever seen in Southeast Asia (SEA), affecting the air quality of several countries within the region including Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The 24 h mean outdoor PM2.5 (particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm) concentrations ranged from 72–157 μg m−3 in Singapore during this episode, exceeding the WHO 24 h mean PM2.5 guidelines (25 μg m−3) several times over. The smoke haze episode not only affected ambient air quality, but also indoor air quality due to the migration of PM of different sizes from the outdoor to the indoor environment. Despite the frequent occurrence of smoke haze episodes over the years, their potential health impacts on indoor building occupants remain largely unknown in SEA due to the lack of systematic investigations and observational data.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
09/11/2017
Ruchi Sharma [3], Rajasekhar Balasubramanian [4]
Environmental Research Letters [5]
1-12
Tags:
Air Pollution [6], Indoor Air Pollution [7], Health Effects [8], Aerosols [9], Indonesia [10], Malaysia [11], Singapore [12], PM 2.5 [13], Respiratory Diseases [14], Forest Fires [15], Biomass Burning [16]

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[2] http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa86dd
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ruchi-sharma
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rajasekhar-balasubramanian
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-research-letters
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indoor-air-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aerosols
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indonesia
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malaysia
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/singapore
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pm-25
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/respiratory-diseases
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biomass-burning