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ArticleJournal of transport & health2021

COVID-19 lockdown and particle exposure of road users.

Bernard Polednik

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Article in Journal of transport & health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Air Pollution in Poland: A 2022 Narrative Review with Focus on Respiratory Diseases.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bernard PolednikFaculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, ul. Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618, Lublin, Poland.
Lublin University of Technology · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIn 2020, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, there has been an unprecedented decrease in road traffic in almost all urbanized areas around the globe. This has undoubtedly affected the ambient air quality.

methodsIn this study mobile and fixed-site measurements of aerosol particle concentrations in the ambient air in one of the busiest streets in Lublin, a mid-sized city in Central Europe (Poland) during the COVID-19 lockdown in the spring of 2020 were performed. Based on the measurements particle doses received by road users during different times of the day were assessed. The obtained results were compared with corresponding pre-COVID-19 measurements also performed in the spring which were available only from 2017.

resultsDuring lockdown the mass concentration of traffic-related submicrometer PM

conclusionsSubstantial decrease in traffic intensity in the city caused by lockdown restrictions resulted in a significant reduction in the concentration of vehicle-generated particles in the ambient air. This in turn could have resulted in smaller doses inhaled by the inhabitants, specifically road users, which should have a positive impact on their health.

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Lockdown measureMobile measurementParticle concentrationTraffic-related pollutionUltrafine particlesUrban area

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PMID34430204
PMCPMC8376651
OpenAlexW3195229624

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