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: Received: 17 January 2024 / Approved: 18 January 2024 / Online: 18 January 2024 (11:35:51 CET)
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Wallace, L. PM2.5 Potential Indoor Exposures and Outdoor Concentrations Related to Smoking Prevalence by Zip Code in Three West Coast States. Preprints2024, 2024011409. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1409.v1
Wallace, L. PM2.5 Potential Indoor Exposures and Outdoor Concentrations Related to Smoking Prevalence by Zip Code in Three West Coast States. Preprints 2024, 2024011409. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1409.v1
Wallace, L. PM2.5 Potential Indoor Exposures and Outdoor Concentrations Related to Smoking Prevalence by Zip Code in Three West Coast States. Preprints2024, 2024011409. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1409.v1
APA Style
Wallace, L. (2024). PM2.5 Potential Indoor Exposures and Outdoor Concentrations Related to Smoking Prevalence by Zip Code in Three West Coast States. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1409.v1
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Wallace, L. 2024 "PM2.5 Potential Indoor Exposures and Outdoor Concentrations Related to Smoking Prevalence by Zip Code in Three West Coast States" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1409.v1
Abstract
Low-cost monitors have made possible for the first time measurements of long-term (months to years) potential indoor exposures to fine particles. Indoor and outdoor measurements made over nearly 5 years (2017-2021) by the largest network of low-cost monitors in the United States (PurpleAir) are compared to the prevalence of adult smokers in 1650 Zip codes within the three West Coast states of California, Oregon, and Washington. The results show that mean indoor exposures above the 75th percentile of adult smoking prevalence are more than 50% higher than those below the 25th percentile. Mean outdoor concentrations are also elevated, but by a smaller amount (20%). Both comparisons are significant at the p<0.001 level. The elevation of the PM2.5 concentrations with increasing smoking prevalence is evidence of environmental disparities in income, education, and other socioeconomic indices..
Keywords
environmental justice; low-cost monitors; tobacco smoking; fine particles
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
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