Interlaboratory comparison of PM10 and black smoke measurements in the PEACE study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 3341-3349

  Hoek, Gerard ^a   Welinder, Hans ^b   Vaskovi, Eva ^c   Ciacchini, Gigliola ^d   Manalis, Nicos ^e   Røyset, Oddvar ^f   Reponen, Auvo ^g   Cyrys, Josef ^h   Brunekreef, Bert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c National Institute of Public Health Budapest   (Hungary)

^d Multizonal Prevention Service   (Italy)

^e Ministry of Environment Greece   (Greece)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black smoke; Interlaboratory; Particles; PM10; Reflectance; Weighing

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SMOKE;

POLLUTION EFFECTS ON ASTHMATIC CHILDREN IN EUROPE (PEACE);

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

POLITEF;

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; BLACK SMOKE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEACE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EUROPE; FILTER; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031260392     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00150-7     Document Type: Article

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