A preliminary investigation comparing high-volume and low-volume air samplers for measurement of PAHs, NPAHs and airborne bacterial communities in atmospheric particulate matter

Exposure to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) constitutes a severe public health threat in African countries' urban areas. Exposure to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) constitutes a severe public health threat in African countries' urban areas. However, monitoring is scarce to non-existent in large parts of Africa due to the lack of resources to acquire, operate and maintain the expensive reference monitors used to measure PM and its …