PMID- 28688352
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180808
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 605-606
DP  - 2017 Dec 15
TI  - Inter-comparison of personal monitors for nanoparticles exposure at workplaces 
      and in the environment.
PG  - 929-945
LID - S0048-9697(17)31446-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.041 [doi]
AB  - Personal monitors based on unipolar diffusion charging (miniDiSC/DiSCmini, 
      NanoTracer, Partector) can be used to assess the individual exposure to 
      nanoparticles in different environments. The charge acquired by the aerosol 
      particles is nearly proportional to the particle diameter and, by coincidence, 
      also nearly proportional to the alveolar lung-deposited surface area (LDSA), the 
      metric reported by all three instruments. In addition, the miniDiSC/DiSCmini and 
      the NanoTracer report particle number concentration and mean particle size. In 
      view of their use for personal exposure studies, the comparability of these 
      personal monitors was assessed in two measurement campaigns. Altogether 29 
      different polydisperse test aerosols were generated during the two campaigns, 
      covering a large range of particle sizes, morphologies and concentrations. The 
      data provided by the personal monitors were compared with those obtained from 
      reference instruments: a scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) for LDSA and 
      mean particle size and a ultrafine particle counter (UCPC) for number 
      concentration. The results indicated that the LDSA concentrations and the mean 
      particle sizes provided by all investigated instruments in this study were in the 
      order of +/-30% of the reference value obtained from the SMPS when the particle 
      sizes of the test aerosols generated were within 20-400nm and the instruments 
      were properly calibrated. Particle size, morphology and concentration did not 
      have a major effect within the aforementioned limits. The comparability of the 
      number concentrations was found to be slightly worse and in the range of +/-50% of 
      the reference value obtained from the UCPC. In addition, a minor effect of the 
      particle morphology on the number concentration measurements was observed. The 
      presence of particles >400nm can drastically bias the measurement results of all 
      instruments and all metrics determined.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Todea, Ana Maria
AU  - Todea AM
AD  - Institut fur Energie- und Umwelttechnik e. V. (IUTA), 47229 Duisburg, Germany. 
      Electronic address: todea@iuta.de.
FAU - Beckmann, Stefanie
AU  - Beckmann S
AD  - Institut fur Energie- und Umwelttechnik e. V. (IUTA), 47229 Duisburg, Germany.
FAU - Kaminski, Heinz
AU  - Kaminski H
AD  - Institut fur Energie- und Umwelttechnik e. V. (IUTA), 47229 Duisburg, Germany.
FAU - Bard, Delphine
AU  - Bard D
AD  - Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL), SK17 9JN Harpur Hill Buxton, UK.
FAU - Bau, Sebastien
AU  - Bau S
AD  - Institut National de Recherche et de Securite (INRS), Laboratoire de Metrologie 
      des Aerosols, 54519 Vandoeuvre, France.
FAU - Clavaguera, Simon
AU  - Clavaguera S
AD  - NanoSafety Platform, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies 
      Alternatives (CEA), Univ. Grenoble Alpes, 38054 Grenoble, France.
FAU - Dahmann, Dirk
AU  - Dahmann D
AD  - Institut fur Gefahrstoffforschung (IGF), 44789 Bochum, Germany.
FAU - Dozol, Helene
AU  - Dozol H
AD  - NanoSafety Platform, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies 
      Alternatives (CEA), Univ. Grenoble Alpes, 38054 Grenoble, France.
FAU - Dziurowitz, Nico
AU  - Dziurowitz N
AD  - Bundesanstalt fur Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA), 10317 Berlin, Germany.
FAU - Elihn, Karine
AU  - Elihn K
AD  - Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm 
      University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
FAU - Fierz, Martin
AU  - Fierz M
AD  - University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), 5210 Windisch, 
      Switzerland.
FAU - Liden, Goran
AU  - Liden G
AD  - Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm 
      University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
FAU - Meyer-Plath, Asmus
AU  - Meyer-Plath A
AD  - Bundesanstalt fur Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA), 10317 Berlin, Germany.
FAU - Monz, Christian
AU  - Monz C
AD  - Institut fur Gefahrstoffforschung (IGF), 44789 Bochum, Germany.
FAU - Neumann, Volker
AU  - Neumann V
AD  - Institut fur Gefahrstoffforschung (IGF), 44789 Bochum, Germany.
FAU - Pelzer, Johannes
AU  - Pelzer J
AD  - Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident 
      Insurance (IFA), 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany.
FAU - Simonow, Barbara Katrin
AU  - Simonow BK
AD  - Bundesanstalt fur Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA), 10317 Berlin, Germany.
FAU - Thali, Patrick
AU  - Thali P
AD  - SUVA, CH-6002 Luzern, Switzerland.
FAU - Tuinman, Ilse
AU  - Tuinman I
AD  - TNO, Defence, Security and Safety, 2288 GJ Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
FAU - van der Vleuten, Arjan
AU  - van der Vleuten A
AD  - Oxility bv., 5682 CM Best, The Netherlands.
FAU - Vroomen, Huub
AU  - Vroomen H
AD  - Oxility bv., 5682 CM Best, The Netherlands.
FAU - Asbach, Christof
AU  - Asbach C
AD  - Institut fur Energie- und Umwelttechnik e. V. (IUTA), 47229 Duisburg, Germany.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170712
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Aerosols)
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants, Occupational)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aerosols
MH  - Air Pollutants, Occupational/*analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*instrumentation
MH  - Humans
MH  - Nanoparticles/*analysis
MH  - Occupational Exposure/*analysis
MH  - Particle Size
MH  - *Wearable Electronic Devices
MH  - Workplace
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Alveolar lung deposited surface area concentration
OT  - Comparability
OT  - Mean particle size
OT  - Number concentration
OT  - Personal monitors
EDAT- 2017/07/09 06:00
MHDA- 2018/08/09 06:00
CRDT- 2017/07/09 06:00
PHST- 2016/11/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/05/31 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/06/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/07/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/08/09 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/07/09 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(17)31446-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.041 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2017 Dec 15;605-606:929-945. doi: 
      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.041. Epub 2017 Jul 12.