Agreement of central site measurements and land use regression modeled oxidative potential of PM2.5 with personal exposure

For both OPESR and OPDTT, temporal correlations of central site measurements with home outdoor measurements were high (R>0.75), and moderate to high (R=0.49-0.70) with personal measurements. The LUR model predictions for OP correlated significantly with the home outdoor concentrations for OPDTT and OPESR (R=0.65 and 0.62, respectively). LUR model predictions were moderately correlated with personal OPDTT measurements (R=0.50). Adjustment for indoor sources, such as vacuum cleaning and absence of fume-hood, improved the temporal and spatial agreement with measured personal exposure for OPESR. OPDTT was not associated with any indoor sources. Our study results support the use of central site OP for exposure assessment of epidemiological studies focusing on short-term health effects.