96 th 2003 Air and Waste Management Association Meeting Indoors,Outdoors and In Transit Exposure to Carbon Monoxide at Sea Level and at High Altitudes in Peru

摘要

Natural and anthropogenic activities produce complex varieties and quantities of air pollutants that affect public health,agriculture and weather.Characterization of air pollution depends on several factors that include population density,type and characterization of energy consumption,industrial processes,meteorological and geographical factors,rate of urban growth,land-use changes,use and habits of transportation,etc.Estimation of personal exposure to air pollutants is necessary for the evaluation of high-risk populations and to design productive control strategies.However,it is difficult and costly to measure personal exposure.Hence,data of air pollution patterns in microenvironments linked to personal activity and exposure pattern data are used as surrogates(Ref.1).