title: Air quality measurements for the aerosol research and inhalation epidemiology study.
abstract: Measurements of pollutant gases, airborne particulate matter mass and composition, and meteorology have been made at a core site near downtown Atlanta, GA, since August 1998 in support of the Aerosol Research and Inhalation Epidemiology Study (ARIES). This site is one of eight in the Southeastern Aerosol Research and Characterization network. The measurement objective is to provide a long-term, multivariate dataset suitable for investigating statistical associations of respiratory and cardiovascular disease with airborne particulate matter composition, meteorology, and copollutant gases through epidemiologic modeling. Measurements are expected to continue through 2010. Ancillary multiyear measurements at additional sites in the Atlanta metropolitan area and in short-term exposure assessments have been used to estimate the exposure/measurement error associated with using data from a central site to approximate human exposures for the entire area. To date, 13-, 25-, and 53-month air quality datasets have been used in epidemiologic analyses.
authors.affiliation: Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. ahansen@epri.com
authors.forename: D Alan
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Edgerton
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hartsell
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burge
authors.forename: Petros
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Koutrakis
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zielinska
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McMurry
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mulholland
authors.forename: Armistead
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000641:Ammonia / Q000032:analysis; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D019570:Inhalation Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000032:analysis; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis; D010126:Ozone / Q000032:analysis; D010316:Particle Size; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis; D011058:Pollen; D013170:Spores / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D052638:Particulate Matter; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide; D010126:Ozone; D000641:Ammonia; D002248:Carbon Monoxide