| Main Title |
Method to Select Metropolitan Areas of Epidemiologic Interest for Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring: Air Quality Monitoring by the EPA Speciation Trends Network, 2001-2005. |
| Author |
L. Baxter ;
S. Teet ;
L. M. Neas
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| CORP Author |
National Inst. of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC. Epidemiology Branch. |
| Year Published |
2012 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/R-12/518 |
| Stock Number |
PB2012-112322 |
| Additional Subjects |
Epidemiology ;
Air quality monitoring ;
Metropolitan areas ;
Speciation trends ;
Epidemiologic analyses ;
Gaseous co-pollutants ;
Particulates ;
Filter-based methods ;
Daily air quality ;
Health effects ;
Pollutants ;
Geographical distribution ;
Statistical data ;
Tables(Data) ;
Charts(Graphs) ;
Particulate Matter(PM) ;
Speciation Trends Network(STN) ;
US Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)
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| Holdings |
| Library |
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Last
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| NTIS |
PB2012-112322 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
116p |
| Abstract |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys current Speciation Trends Network (STN) covers most major U.S. metropolitan areas and a wide range of particulate matter (PM) constituents and gaseous co-pollutants. However, using filter-based methods, most PM constituents are not measured daily and the lack of daily air quality data complicates epidemiologic analyses of the potential adverse health effects of these PM constituents. Possible criteria for the identification of metropolitan areas with the greatest epidemiologic value for enhanced monitoring are population, mean levels and variation of criteria air pollutants and PM constituents, correlations among these pollutants, and the relationship of these correlations to the coefficient of variation. Using a review of air quality measurements from 49 STN monitors for 2001-2005 as an illustration of this criteria, we selected metropolitan areas that had the appropriate population size, sufficient PM(sub 2.5) concentration levels, variability for most pollutants, and appropriate correlations between pollutants. |
| Supplementary Notes |
See also PB2010-110517. |
| Availability Notes |
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| PUB Date Free Form |
May 2012 |
| Category Codes |
68A; 91A; 43F; 57U; 44G |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A07 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
129600470 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
