IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 267: Review of Published Laboratory-Based Aerosol Sampler Efficiency, Performance and Comparison Studies (1994 & ndash;2021)

IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 267: Review of Published Laboratory-Based Aerosol Sampler Efficiency, Performance and Comparison Studies (1994–2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010267 Authors: James Hanlon Karen S. Galea Steven Verpaele We provide a narrative review on the published peer-reviewed scientific literature reporting sampler efficiency, performance and comparison studies (where two or more samplers have been assessed) in laboratory settings published between 1994 and 2021 (27 year period). This review is a follow-up to our narrative review on the published peer-reviewed scientific literature reporting sampler comparison in workplace settings. Search terms were developed for Web of Science and PubMed bibliographic databases. The retrieved articles were then screened for relevance, with those studies meeting the inclusion criteria being taken forward to data extraction (25 studies). The most common fraction assessed has been the inhalable fraction, with the IOM sampler being the most studied inhalable sampler and the SKC Aluminium cyclone being the most studied respirable sampler from the identified relevant articles. The most common aerosol used has been aluminium oxide. It was evident that standardisation for these sampler performance experiments is lacking. It was not possible to identify any discernible trends for the performance of samplers when assessed with different aerosols. The need for...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research