Table 1.
Sampling periods for exposure analysis.
| Type and location of monitoring | Sampling period |
|---|---|
| Stationary monitoring (PM10) | |
| Urban kitchen 1 and urban sitting room 1 | 2–6 Aug 2006 |
| Urban kitchen 2 and urban sitting room 2 | 5–9 Aug 2006 |
| Urban kitchen 3 and urban sitting room 3 | 7–11 Aug 2006 |
| Urban outdoorsa | 2–11 Aug 2006 |
| Rural kitchen 1 | 25–29 May 2006 |
| Rural kitchen 2 | 26–30 May 2006 |
| Rural kitchen 3 | 26–30 May 2006 |
| Rural outdoors | 25–30 May 2006 |
| Personal monitoring (PM2.5) and time–activity dairies | |
| Urban cook 1 and urban noncook 1 | 2–4 Aug 2006 |
| Urban cook 2 | 5–7 Aug 2006 |
| Urban cook 3 and urban noncook 3 | 8–10 Aug 2006 |
| Rural cook 1 and rural noncook 1 | 25–27 May 2006 |
| Rural cook 2 | 26–28 May 2006 |
| Rural cook 3 and rural noncook 3 | 28–30 May 2006 |
The three urban households are designated urban 1, urban 2, and urban 3, and likewise for rural households. Urban cook 1 corresponds to a participant in household urban 1, etc.
a
Urban outdoor PM10 levels were obtained from the Shenyang Environmental Bureau.