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Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter IV. Continuing Research Progress (2004) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 187-190

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... CEM: continuous emission monitor CFR: Code of Federal Regulations CO: carbon monoxide COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Criteria document: an encyclopedic document prepared by EPA with assistance from the larger scientific community that describes the characteristics and potential human-health and public-welfare effects of criteria pollutants Criteria pollutants: The Clean Air Act requires EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for certain pollutants known to be hazardous to human health and the public welfare (for example, damage to forests and degradation of atmospheric visibility)
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From page 188...
... EC: elemental carbon EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPRI: Electric Power Research Institute FRM: federal reference method FTP: federal test procedure GAM: generalized additive model GLM: generalized linear model GIS: geographic information system HEI: Health Effects Institute HRV: heart rate variability IMPROVE: Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments MAPP: Multiple Air Pollutant Program Microenvironment: A three-dimensional space with a volume in which contaminant concentration is spatially uniform during some specific interval NAAQS: National Ambient Air Quality Standards NMHC: nonmethane hydrocarbon NH3: ammonia NMMAPS: National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study NO2: nitrogen dioxide NOx: oxides of nitrogen (NO and NO2)
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From page 189...
... preceding or simultaneous with the observed outcome TSP: total suspended particles VOC: volatile organic compound
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Key Terms

  • clean air
  • ambient air
  • criteria pollutants
  • air act
  • national ambient

  • quality standards
  • set standards
  • residual oil
  • carbon monoxide
  • called coarse

  • interagency monitoring
  • called ultrafines
  • fine particles
  • atmospheric visibility
  • coarse particles

  • pollution study
  • power research
  • document prepared
  • set national
  • air pollutant

  • effects institute
  • protect human
  • air results
  • diverse mobile
  • called fine

  • stationary sources
  • larger scientific
  • sulfur dioxide
  • obstructive pulmonary
  • visual environments


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