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CONTENTS SUMMARY INTRODUCTION COMMITTEE’S TASK, STATUS OF THE EPA REVIEW OF THE NAAQS FOR PARTICULATE MATTER, THE NEED FOR RESEARCH ON PARTICULATE MATTER, RESEARCH ON PARTICULATE MATTER, THE COMMITTEE’S APPROACH TO ITS TASK, ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT, COMMITTEE’S APPROACH TO EVALUATION OF RESEARCH PROGRESS INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND, THE COMMITTEE’S EVALUATIVE APPROACH, CONSIDERATIONS IN INTERPRETING RESEARCH PROGRESS ON PARTICULATE MATTER, SYNTHESIS OF RESEARCH PROGRESS ON PARTICULATE MATTER RESEARCH TOPIC 1: OUTDOOR MEASURES VERSUS ACTUAL HUMAN EXPOSURES, RESEARCH TOPIC 2: EXPOSURES OF SUSCEPTIBLE SUBPOPULATIONS TO TOXIC PARTICULATE MATTER COMPONENTS, RESEARCH TOPIC 3: CHARACTERIZATION OF EMISSION SOURCES, RESEARCH TOPIC 4: AIR QUALITY MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING, RESEARCH TOPIC 5: ASSESS HAZARDOUS PARTICULATE MATTER COMPONENTS, RESEARCH TOPIC 6: DOSIMETRY: DEPOSITION AND FATE OF PARTICLES IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACT, RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER: IV CONTINUING RESEARCH PROGRESS CONTENTS RESEARCH TOPIC 7: COMBINED EFFECTS OF PARTICULATE MATTER AND GASEOUS COPOLLUTANTS, RESEARCH TOPIC 8: SUSCEPTIBLE SUBPOPULATIONS, RESEARCH TOPIC 9: MECHANISMS OF INJURY, RESEARCH TOPIC 10: ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT, SUMMARY, LOOKING ACROSS THE RESEARCH TOPICS HEALTH OUTCOMES AND SUSCEPTIBLE SUBPOPULATIONS, ASSESSING HAZARDOUS PARTICULATE MATTER COMPONENTS, INCREASING EMPHASIS ON EXPOSURE-DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS, MIXTURES AND COPOLLUTANTS, NAAQS IMPLICATIONS, THE CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR PARTICULATE MATTER RESEARCH DEVELOPING A SYSTEMATIC PROGRAM TO ASSESS THE TOXICITY OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE PARTICULATE MATTER MIXTURE, ENHANCING AIR QUALITY MONITORING FOR RESEARCH, INVESTIGATING THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTION, IMPROVED TOXICOLOGICAL APPROACHES, FROM A PARTICULATE MATTER RESEARCH PROGRAM TO A MULTIPOLLUTANT RESEARCH PROGRAM, INTEGRATING ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES, SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, THE WAY FORWARD SUSTAINED RESEARCH MANAGEMENT, IMPROVED TOOLS FOR SCIENCE TRACKING AND SYNTHESIS, CONCLUSION, CONCLUSION REFERENCES TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS