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The aim of this thesis is to enhance the knowledge on exposure to size fractions of airborne particulate matter and their components and to find more intensive information on sources of indoor and outdoor size fractionated particles. In the first part of the study, the physical …

To improve the understanding of carbonaceous aerosol sources, methods for source apportionment were developed, applied, and assessed in diverse atmospheres worldwide. Locations of study ranged from polluted megacities to rural locations in South Asia, central Mexico, and the Uni…

Forty seven years of weekly total suspended particle filters collected at Kevo, Finland from October 1964 through 2010 by the Finnish Meteorological Institute were analyzed for near-total trace elements, soluble trace elements, black carbon (BC), and major ions and methane sulfo…