Public health and components of particulate matter: The changing assessment of black carbon

Public health and components of particulate matter: The changing assessment of black carbon A. Gwen Eklund, Judith C. Chow,2,3,⁄ Daniel S. Greenbaum, George M. Hidy, Michael T. Kleinman, John G. Watson, and Ronald E. Wyzga URS, Austin, TX, USA Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, USA Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China Health Effects Institute, Boston, MA, USA Envair/Aerochem Placitas, NM, USA University of California, Irvine, CA, USA Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA ⁄Please address correspondence to: Judith C. Chow, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512, USA; e-mail: judith.chow@dri.edu