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97972
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Fine particle sources and cardiorespiratory morbidity: An application of chemical mass balance and factor analytical source-apportionment methods
Author(s)
Sarnat, JA; Marmur, A; Klein, M; Kim, E; Russell, AG; Sarnat, SE; Mulholland, JA; Hopke, PK; Tolbert, PE
Year
2008
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Environmental Health Perspectives
ISSN:
0091-6765
EISSN:
1552-9924
Volume
116
Issue
4
Page Numbers
459-466
Language
English
PMID
18414627
DOI
10.1289/ehp.10873
Web of Science Id
WOS:000254566500026
URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=10.1289/ehp.10873
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Interest in the health effects of particulate matter (PM) has focused on identifying sources of PM, including biomass burning, power plants, and gasoline and diesel emissions that may be associated with adverse health risks. Few epidemiologic studies, however, have included source-apportionment estimates in their examinations of PM health effects. We analyzed a time-series of chemically speciated PM measurements in Atlanta, Georgia, and conducted an epidemiologic analysis using data from three distinct source-apportionment methods.
OBJECTIVE: The key objective of this analysis was to compare epidemiologic findings generated using both factor analysis and mass balance source-apportionment methods.
METHODS: We analyzed data collected between November 1998 and December 2002 using positive-matrix factorization (PMF), modified chemical mass balance (CMB-LGO), and a tracer approach. Emergency department (ED) visits for a combined cardiovascular (CVD) and respiratory disease (RD) group were assessed as end points. We estimated the risk ratio (RR) associated with same day PM concentrations using Poisson generalized linear models.
RESULTS: There were significant, positive associations between same-day PM(2.5) (PM with aero-dynamic diameter
CONCLUSIONS: Despite differences among the source-apportionment methods, these findings suggest that modeled source-apportioned data can produce robust estimates of acute health risk. In Atlanta, there were consistent associations across methods between PM(2.5) from mobile sources and biomass burning with both cardiovascular and respiratory ED visits, and between sulfate-rich secondary PM(2.5) with respiratory visits.
Keywords
acute; Atlanta; cardiovascular; chemical mass balance; emergency department visits; fine particulate matter; positive matrix factorization; respiratory; source apportionment; tracer
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