Contribution of wood smoke and motor-vehicle emissions to ambient aerosol mutagenicity

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:5542369

Lewis, C W; Baumgardner, R E; Stevens, R K; Claxton, L D; Lewtas, J

A receptor-model analysis of the mutagenicity of ambient fine particles in air samples collected under EPA's Integrated Air Cancer Project has been performed. The analysis was based on multiple linear regression, using measured concentrations of inorganic chemical elements which are good indicators of likely sources of the mutagenicity. This has allowed the determination of the separate contributions made by wood smoke and mobile sources to the mutagenicity measured in a residential neighborhood in Albuquerque, NM. The results is generally consistent with the known potencies of these sources, based on source measurements.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Atmospheric Sciences Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5542369
• Report Number(s): PB-89-206734/XAB; EPA--600/J-88/325
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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