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dc.contributor.author | DONS, Evi | - |
dc.contributor.author | Longhi, Francesca | - |
dc.contributor.author | Scuffi, Chiara | - |
dc.contributor.author | Van Poppel, Martine | - |
dc.contributor.author | INT PANIS, Luc | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fustinoni, Silvia | - |
dc.contributor.author | BONIARDI, Luca | - |
dc.contributor.author | Campo, Laura | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-01T18:10:04Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-01T18:10:04Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.date.submitted | 2021-04-22T08:38:30Z | - |
dc.identifier.citation | ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 274 , (Art N° 116530) | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 02697491 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/34181 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Air pollution is a global threat to public health, especially when considering susceptible populations, such as children. A better understanding of determinants of exposure could help epidemiologists in refining exposure assessment methods, and policy makers in identifying effective mitigation interventions. Through a participatory approach, 73 and 89 schoolchildren were involved in a two-season personal exposure monitoring campaign of equivalent black carbon (EBC) in Milan, Italy. GPS devices, time-activity diaries and a questionnaire were used to collect personal information. Exposure to EBC was 1.3 +/- 1.5 mu g/m(3) and 3.9 +/- 3.3 mu g/m(3) (mean +/- sd) during the warm and the cold season, respectively. The highest peaks of exposure were detected during the home-to-school commute. Children received most of their daily dose at school and home (82%), but the highest dose/time intensity was related to transportation and outdoor environments. Linear mixed-effect models showed that meteorological variables were the most influencing predictors of personal exposure and inhaled dose, especially in the cold season. The total time spent in a car, duration of the home-to-school commute, and smoking habits of parents were important predictors as well. Our findings suggest that seasonality, time-activity and mobility patterns play an important role in explaining exposure patterns. Furthermore, by highlighting the contribution of traffic rush hours, transport-related microenvironments and traffic-related predictors, our study suggests that acting on a local scale could be an effective way of lowering personal exposure to EBC and inhaled dose of children in the city of Milan. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by Fondazione Cariplo [grant numbers 2017-1731]. We want to sincerely thank parents, operators, teachers and managers of the elementary school IC Pietro Micca, via Gattamelata 35, Milano (MI) for their support, as well as ABCitta Coop. ONLUS for their fundamental role in defining and developing the environmental education intervention. A special mention goes to all the involved schoolchildren who helped us with their contagious enthusiasm during the whole participatory process. Finally, we want to thank the Regional Environmental Protection Agency of Emilia-Romagna (ARPAE-SIMC) to support us and share their meteorological data. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | - |
dc.rights | 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). | - |
dc.subject.other | Black carbon | - |
dc.subject.other | Personal monitoring | - |
dc.subject.other | Children | - |
dc.subject.other | Time-activity pattern | - |
dc.subject.other | Exposure modelling | - |
dc.subject.other | Participatory research | - |
dc.title | Personal exposure to equivalent black carbon in children in Milan, Italy: Time-activity patterns and predictors by season | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 116530 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 274 | - |
local.format.pages | 11 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
dc.description.notes | Fustinoni, S (corresponding author), Via S Barnaba 8, I-20122 Milan, Italy. | - |
dc.description.notes | silvia.fustinoni@unimi.it | - |
dc.description.other | Fustinoni, S (corresponding author), Via S Barnaba 8, I-20122 Milan, Italy. silvia.fustinoni@unimi.it | - |
local.publisher.place | THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.artnr | 116530 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116530 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 33516956 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000625379400039 | - |
dc.contributor.orcid | Dons, Evi/0000-0002-6745-7246; Fustinoni, Silvia/0000-0002-0287-7338 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1873-6424 | - |
local.provider.type | wosris | - |
local.uhasselt.uhpub | yes | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Boniardi, Luca; Longhi, Francesca; Scuffi, Chiara; Fustinoni, Silvia] Univ Milan, Dept Clin Sci & Community Hlth, EPIGET Epidemiol Epigenet & Toxicol Lab, Milan, Italy. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Dons, Evi; Van Poppel, Martine; Panis, Luc Int] Flemish Inst Technol Res VITO, Mol, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Dons, Evi; Panis, Luc Int] Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci CMK, Hasselt, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Boniardi, Luca; Campo, Laura; Fustinoni, Silvia] Fdn IRCCS Ca Granda Osped Maggiore Policlin, Environm & Ind Toxicol Unit, Milan, Italy. | - |
local.uhasselt.international | yes | - |
item.contributor | DONS, Evi | - |
item.contributor | Longhi, Francesca | - |
item.contributor | Scuffi, Chiara | - |
item.contributor | Van Poppel, Martine | - |
item.contributor | INT PANIS, Luc | - |
item.contributor | Fustinoni, Silvia | - |
item.contributor | BONIARDI, Luca | - |
item.contributor | Campo, Laura | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2022 | - |
item.fullcitation | DONS, Evi; Longhi, Francesca; Scuffi, Chiara; Van Poppel, Martine; INT PANIS, Luc; Fustinoni, Silvia; BONIARDI, Luca & Campo, Laura (2021) Personal exposure to equivalent black carbon in children in Milan, Italy: Time-activity patterns and predictors by season. In: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 274 , (Art N° 116530). | - |
item.accessRights | Open Access | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 0269-7491 | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 1873-6424 | - |
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