Small area variations in ambient NO2 concentrations in four European areas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-185

  Lebret, Erik ^a   Briggs, David ^b   Van Reeuwijk, Hans ^a   Fischer, Paul ^a   Smallbone, Kirsty ^c   Harssema, Hendrik ^g   Kriz, Bohumir ^d   Gorynski, Pawel ^e   Elliott, Paul ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Monitoring; Nitrogen dioxide; Passive samplers; Traffic pollution; Variation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

TRAFFIC POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NITROUS OXIDE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033991038     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00292-7     Document Type: Article

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