Variation in airborne particulate matter concentration over the first three metres from ground in a street canyon: Implications for human exposure

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3795-3799

  Micallef, Alfred ^a   Colls, Jeremy J ^a  

^a Sch Biol Sci   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality standards; Human exposure; Street canyon; Suspended particulate monitoring; Vertical concentration profiles

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER CONCENTRATION; HUMAN EXPOSURE;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STANDARDS;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032210750     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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