An impact-effect mathematical model incorporating the influence of exposures to fluctuating concentrations in a dispersing plume of pollutant in the atmosphere

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 300-311

  Yee, Eugene ^a  

^a Box 4000 Station Main   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentration fluctuations; Hazard assessment; Model probability distribution; Plume dispersion

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLUME;

EID: 0032836019     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500031     Document Type: Article

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