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Published in final edited form as: Arch Environ Occup Health. 2005 Mar-Apr;60(2):96–105. doi: 10.3200/AEOH.60.2.96-105

Table 3.

–Summary of PM Concentrations for Various Studies Evaluating Biomass Combustion

			PM concentration (mg/m³)
Reference/ Sample Location	Altitude (m)	Biomass type/ stove	Respirable (<4 μm) PM	PM_2.5	PM₁₀
Albalak et al 1999/Bolivia³	4100	Not defined	. . .	. . .	1.8
Balakrishnan et al 2002/Southern India³¹	Sea level	Wood and crop residues	0.5−2.0	. . .	. . .
Balakrishnan et al 2004/Andhra Pradesh, India³²	Sea level	Wood, dung, crop residues	0.7	. . .	. . .
Ezzati et al 2000/Kenya⁵	1800	Wood or charcoal	. . .	N/A	2.8−4.9
Park and Lee 2003/Costa Rica³³	Sea level	Wood/stove	. . .	0.3−8.2	0.5−18.9
Perez-Padilla et al 1999/Mexico³⁴	Unknown	Wood	. . .	. . .	>1.0
Present Study	4550	Brush and dung	2.0−7.0	. . .	. . .