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Occupational Exposure to Urban Airborne Particulate Matter: A Review on Environmental Monitoring and Health Effects

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Urban Airborne Particulate Matter

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Airborne particulate matter (PM) is a complex chemical mixture of extremely small solid particles and liquid droplets that can derive from both natural and anthropogenic sources (USEPA 2008; Vedal and Sullivan 2007).

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Iavicoli, I., Leso, V., Fontana, L., Bergamaschi, A. (2010). Occupational Exposure to Urban Airborne Particulate Matter: A Review on Environmental Monitoring and Health Effects. In: Zereini, F., Wiseman, C. (eds) Urban Airborne Particulate Matter. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12278-1_26

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