A Real-Time Comparison of Four Particulate Matter Size Fractions in the Personal Breathing Zone of Paris Subway Workers: A Six-Week Prospective Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Collection
2.2. Data Management
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Results
3.2. Bayesian Modeling Results
3.3. Comparison of GRIMM and DiSCmini Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Detection Physical Principles
4.2. Qualitative Reliability of Measurements and Inter-Device Comparison Issues
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pétremand, R.; Suárez, G.; Besançon, S.; Dil, J.H.; Guseva Canu, I. A Real-Time Comparison of Four Particulate Matter Size Fractions in the Personal Breathing Zone of Paris Subway Workers: A Six-Week Prospective Study. Sustainability 2022, 14, 5999. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14105999
Pétremand R, Suárez G, Besançon S, Dil JH, Guseva Canu I. A Real-Time Comparison of Four Particulate Matter Size Fractions in the Personal Breathing Zone of Paris Subway Workers: A Six-Week Prospective Study. Sustainability. 2022; 14(10):5999. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14105999
Chicago/Turabian StylePétremand, Rémy, Guillaume Suárez, Sophie Besançon, J. Hugo Dil, and Irina Guseva Canu. 2022. "A Real-Time Comparison of Four Particulate Matter Size Fractions in the Personal Breathing Zone of Paris Subway Workers: A Six-Week Prospective Study" Sustainability 14, no. 10: 5999. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14105999