Exploring data quality for some inorganic and organic constituents of inhalable particulate matter (PM10)

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-1987

Abstract

Quality assurance (QA) assessments of air pollution data sets provide a basis for evaluating the significance of various substances in the atmosphere. For non-criteria pollutants, QA results are seldom reported in the technical literature and are often difficult to estimate. The present report provides a summary of QA results such as recovery, precision and accuracy data. Of the six trace elements and nine organic constituents compared in detail, recoveries, laboratory precision and laboratory accuracy values were 100%, ±3% to ±19% and-2 to-13% for the former group and 69% to 98%, ±7% to 23% and-15 to-34% for the later group. System precision varied from ±22% to ±47% for the trace elements and ±42% to ±83% for the organic constituents. Limitations in the interpretation of non-criteria particulate-phase pollutant data bases are discussed with some emphasis placed on receptor-modelling and risk assessment applications. Finally, the relevance of NBS certified materials for QA estimates in non-criteria air pollutant studies is also reviewed. © 1987 D. Reidel Publishing Company.

Identifier

0023159467 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394218

e-ISSN

15732959

ISSN

01676369

First Page

83

Last Page

92

Issue

1

Volume

9

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