ArticlePloS one2014
Occupational exposure to ultrafine particles among airport employees--combining personal monitoring and global positioning system.
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- Impact of Indoor Air Pollution on Occupational Exposure: Rethinking the Major Health Threat for Airport Workers.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Mapping Source-Specific Air Pollution Exposures Using Positive Matrix Factorization Applied to Multipollutant Mobile Monitoring in Seattle, WA.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Emission Factors of COToxics · 2022Article
- Responses of reconstituted human bronchial epithelia from normal and health-compromised donors to non-volatile particulate matter emissions from an aircraft turbofan engine.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2022Article
- A review of health effects associated with exposure to jet engine emissions in and around airports.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2021Review
- Exposure to Ultrafine Particles in the Ferroalloy Industry Using a Logbook Method.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Functional, inflammatory and interstitial impairment due to artificial stone dust ultrafine particles exposure.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2019Article
- Airport emission particles: exposure characterization and toxicity following intratracheal instillation in mice.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2019Article
- Exposure to Secondhand Tobacco Smoke at Airport Terminals.Journal of environmental and public health · 2019Article
- Short-term effects of airport-associated ultrafine particle exposure on lung function and inflammation in adults with asthma.Environment international · 2018Article
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- Taking stock of the occupational safety and health challenges of nanotechnology: 2000-2015.Journal of nanoparticle research : an interdisciplinary forum for nanoscale science and technology · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundExposure to ultrafine particles (UFP) has been linked to cardiovascular and lung diseases. Combustion of jet fuel and diesel powered handling equipment emit UFP resulting in potentially high exposure levels among employees working at airports. High levels of UFP have been reported at several airports, especially on the apron, but knowledge on individual exposure profiles among different occupational groups working at an airport is lacking. PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare personal exposure to UFP among five different occupational groups working at Copenhagen Airport (CPH).
method30 employees from five different occupational groups (baggage handlers, catering drivers, cleaning staff and airside and landside security) at CPH were instructed to wear a personal monitor of particle number concentration in real time and a GPS device. The measurements were carried out on 8 days distributed over two weeks in October 2012. The overall differences between the groups were assessed using linear mixed model.
resultsData showed significant differences in exposure levels among the groups when adjusted for variation within individuals and for effect of time and date (p<0.01). Baggage handlers were exposed to 7 times higher average concentrations (geometric mean, GM: 37×103 UFP/cm(3), 95% CI: 25-55 × 10(3) UFP/cm(3)) than employees mainly working indoors (GM: 5 × 10(3) UFP/cm(3), 95% CI: 2-11 × 103 UFP/cm(3)). Furthermore, catering drivers, cleaning staff and airside security were exposed to intermediate concentrations (GM: 12 to 20 × 10(3) UFP/cm(3)).
conclusionThe study demonstrates a strong gradient of exposure to UFP in ambient air across occupational groups of airport employees.
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