title: Personal measurement of exposure to black carbon and ultrafine particles in schoolchildren from PARIS cohort (Paris, France).
abstract: This study aimed to measure in French children personal exposure concentrations of black carbon (BC) and ultrafine particles (UFP) and to quantify the contribution of different microenvironments (home, school, places of extracurricular activities, transport) to their total exposure. It was conducted on 96 9-year-old children from the PARIS birth cohort. BC and UFP were continuously measured by portable devices (microAeth®AE51 and DiSCmini®) for a minimum of 24 hours, while participating families simultaneously filled in a space-time-activities-budget questionnaire. BC exposure concentration was higher during trips (principally metro/train and bus), while UFP exposure concentration was higher during indoor activities (mainly eating at restaurants) and in trips. The most important UFP peaks were measured at home, especially during cooking. Home and school together accounted for much of the total exposure, 83.8% for BC and 85.3% for UFP. The contribution of transport to total exposure was 12.4% for BC and 9.7% for UFP, while extracurricular activities were responsible for 3.8% and 5% of the total exposure to BC and UFP, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris - Produits de Santé et Santé Publique, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: A-C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Paunescu
authors.affiliation: Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne Créteil, Île-de-France, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Attoui
authors.affiliation: Service Evaluation de la Qualité de l'Air, ADEME Centre de Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouallala
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Salud Global Barcelona, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sunyer
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris - Produits de Santé et Santé Publique, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Momas
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis*; D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010316:Particle Size; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter; D002244:Carbon
keywords: black; carbon; exposure; particles; schoolchildren; ultrafine