GUIDELINES FOR CONCENTRATION AND EXPOSURE-RESPONSE MEASUREMENT OF FINE AND ULTRA FINE PARTICULATE MATTER FOR USE IN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES Edited by Dietrich Schwela, WHO, Lidia Morawska, QUT, Dimitrios Kotzias, EC JRC Published on behalf of EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE World Health Organization, Geneva «B VfS^njjy Cluster of Sustainable Development and Healthy Environment (SDE) EUR 20238 EN ^jSçjgafjr' Department of Protection of the Human Environment (PHE) 2002 —y^-£" Division of Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) GUIDELINES FOR CONCENTRATION AND EXPOSURE-RESPONSE MEASUREMENT OF FINE AND ULTRA FINE PARTICULATE MATTER FOR USE IN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES Edited by Dietrich Schwela, WHO, Lidia Morawska, OUT, Dimitrios Kotzias, EC JRC The document on Guidelines for concentration and exposure-response measurement of fine and ultra fine particulate matter for use in epidemiological studies is the outcome of the WHO and JRC Expert Task Force meeting held in Ispra, Italy, in November 2000. Note to the user: The electronic form of this document is available on the Web site of the World Health Organization (http://www.who.