Particulate matter indoors: a strategy to sample and monitor size-selective fractions

Particulate matter (PM) is an important player in indoor air quality. Even though PM limit values are force for more than a decade Europe and reference methods well place ambient air, measuring concentration still remains challenge standardizing measurement protocol complex. As people stay most of their time indoors, great interest terms public health, as can be drastically different to the one outdoors. This review aims provide key information monitoring communities, better understand principal suitable analysis with respective main influencing parameters. Advantages drawbacks each method discussed specific awareness raised avoid wrong data interpretation situations. The inter-instrument deviation also explained and, when possible, correct proposed.