Air pollution from traffic in city districts near major motorways

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1921-1930

  Roorda Knape, Mirjam C ^a   Janssen, Nicole A H ^a   De Hartog, Jeroen J ^a   Van Vliet, Patricia H N ^a   Harssema, Hendrik ^a   Brunekreef, Bert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benzene; Black smoke; Classrooms; Distance; Motorway; NO2; Outdoor; Particles; Traffic

Indexed keywords

MOTORWAYS; TRAFFIC INTENSITY;

BENZENE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SMOKE; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

AIR POLLUTION;

BENZENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTIN; MOTORWAY; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSINS; VEHICLE EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CITY; EXHAUST GAS; HIGHWAY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NETHERLANDS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; TRAFFIC;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0032101848     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00496-2     Document Type: Article

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