Unit:
ΠΜΣ Περιβάλλον και Υγεία. Διαχείριση Περιβαλλοντικών Θεμάτων με Επιπτώσεις στην ΥγείαLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Supervisors info:
Κωνσταντίνος Ελευθεριάδης, Ερευνητής Α', Ε.Κ.Ε.Φ.Ε ''Δημόκριτος''
Πολυξένη Νικολοπούλου-Σταμάτη, καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική σχολή, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Νικόλαος Καβατζάς, αναπληρωτής καθηγητής, Ιατρική σχολή, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Original Title:
Μελέτη των τεχνικών μέτρησης της συγκέντρωσης ΑΣ10 με σκοπό την ακριβέστερη εκτίμηση των επιπτώσεων στο ανθρώπινο αναπνευστικό σύστημα
Translated title:
Technical study of measuring PM10 with a view of a sharper impact assessment in human respiratory system
Summary:
This thesis entitled as "Study of the techniques of concentration PM10 measurement to more accurately estimate the impact on the human respiratory system", was part of the Master’s program of study: "Environment and Health: Managing environmental issues with an impact on health". The research was carried out during the period between April 2015 and August 2016. Through the course of this research I was supervised by the Director of Research of the "Laboratory of Environmental Radioactivity", Mr. Konstantinos Eleftheriadis.
In recent decades, air pollution, and especially airborne particles, are a research field, which is constantly expanding. The information of the public is enhanced over the years, and this is due to the rising number of researches upon the airborne particles performed all over the world.
Based on these researches are conducted also many epidemiological studies that connect the exposure of the human body in particulate matter concentrations, with a serious impact on health. The effects of this exposure are mainly focused on the respiratory system, cardio system and the circulatory system, causing diseases, dysfunctions and cancer.
Compliance with the appropriate procedure in such a study, as well as proper maintenance of the instruments, ensure more reliable results and conclusions. The accuracy in the estimations of the health impact depends on how reliable are these results.
In this paper we compare two different mass measurement techniques for PM10 with a view to test the performance of each of these techniques and calculating the standard deviation between the results which are derived. Then we are going to calculate the percentage deposition of the standard deviation in each stage of the human respiratory tract. This result shows to what extent, this difference affects (or changes) the estimation of particle deposition in the lungs for PM10.
Keywords:
PM10,Concentration,Sampling,Pollen,Respiratory system
