Meritxell Garcia-Marlès, Rosa Lara, Cristina Reche, Noemí Pérez, Aurelio Tobías, Marjan Savadkoohi, David Beddows, Imre Salma, Máté Vörösmarty, Tamás Weidinger, Christoph Hueglin, Nikos Mihalopoulos, Georgios Grivas, Panayiotis Kalkavouras, Jakub Ondráček, Nadĕžda Zíková, Jarkko V Niemi, Hanna E Manninen, David C Green, Anja H Tremper, Michael Norman, Stergios Vratolis, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Francisco J Gómez-Moreno, Elisabeth Alonso-Blanco, Alfred Wiedensohler, Kay Weinhold, Maik Merkel, Susanne Bastian, Barbara Hoffmann, Hicran Altug, Jean-Eudes Petit, Olivier Favez, Sebastiao Martins Dos Santos, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Adelaide Dinoi, Daniele Contini, Hilkka Timonen, Janne Lampilahti, Tuukka Petäjä, Marco Pandolfi, Philip K Hopke, Roy M Harrison, Andrés Alastuey, Xavier Querol
Ultrafine particles (UFP, those with diameters ≤ 100 nm), have been reported to potentially penetrate deeply into the respiratory system, translocate through the alveoli, and affect various organs, potentially correlating with increased mortality. The aim of this study is to assess long-term trends (5-11 years) in mostly urban UFP concentrations based on measurements of particle number size distributions (PNSD). Additionally, concentrations of other pollutants and meteorological variables were evaluated to support the interpretations...
February 17, 2024: Environment International