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2024 Yes Exposure and dose assessment of school children to air pollutants in a tropical coastal-urban area https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721048221?via%3Dihub Kitagaway, Yasmin Kaore Lago South America Exposure Students Elementary (K-5) Middle/Jr High (6-8) Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) children Personal exposure Dose NO₂ Fine particles In Southeast Brazil, modeling showed children’s NO₂ exposure (22.3 μg/m³) was nearly twice passive sampler measures (12.3 μg/m³). Models also estimated O₃, PM₁₀, PM₂.₅, and PM₁ exposures, indicating potential health risks and advantages of modeling over sparse monitoring. 2022