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Examining multiple elemental and organic constituents across urban sites, however, may better capture variation in diesel-related impacts, and help to more clearly separate diesel from other sources. We designed a \u201csuper-saturation\u201d monitoring campaign of 36 sites to capture spatial variance in PM2.5 and elemental and organic constituents across the downtown Pittsburgh core (~2.8 km2). Elemental composition was assessed via inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), organic and elemental carbon via thermal-optical reflectance, and organic compounds via thermal desorption gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry (TD-GCMS). Factor analysis was performed including all constituents\u2014both stratified by, and merged across, seasons. Spatial patterning in the resultant factors was examined using land use regression (LUR) modelling to corroborate factor interpretations. We identified diesel-related factors in both seasons; for winter, we identified a five-factor solution, describing a bus and truck-related factor [black carbon (BC), fluoranthene, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), pyrene, total carbon] and a fuel oil combustion factor (nickel, vanadium). For summer, we identified a nine-factor solution, which included a bus-related factor (benzo[ghi]fluoranthene, chromium, chrysene, fluoranthene, manganese, pyrene, total carbon, total elemental carbon, zinc) and a truck-related factor (benz[a]anthracene, BC, hopanes, NO2, total PAHs, total steranes). Geographic information system (GIS)-based emissions source covariates identified via LUR modelling roughly corroborated factor interpretations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph15102177","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,5]],"date-time":"2018-10-05T12:16:44Z","timestamp":1538741804000},"page":"2177","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Fine-Scale Source Apportionment Including Diesel-Related Elemental and Organic Constituents of PM2.5 across Downtown Pittsburgh"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Brett J.","family":"Tunno","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sheila","family":"Tripathy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA"},{"name":"Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Philadelphia, PA 15219, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6719-2591","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ellen","family":"Kinnee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Drew R.","family":"Michanowicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jessie LC","family":"Shmool","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Leah","family":"Cambal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lauren","family":"Chubb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Courtney","family":"Roper","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jane E.","family":"Clougherty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA"},{"name":"Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Philadelphia, PA 15219, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"733","DOI":"10.1183\/09031936.01.17407330","article-title":"Health effects of diesel exhaust emissions","volume":"17","author":"Sydbom","year":"2001","journal-title":"Eur. 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