Personal exposure to fine particulate matter in elderly subjects: Relation between personal, indoor, and outdoor concentrations

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1133-1143

  Janssen, Nicole A H ^a   De Hartog, Jeroen J ^a   Hoek, Gerard ^a   Brunekreef, Bert ^a   Lanki, Timo ^b   Timonen, Kirsi L ^b   Pekkanen, Juha ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

INDOOR CONCENTRATION; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATION; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CARBON;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FINLAND; GRAVIMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 0034221387     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2000.10464159     Document Type: Article

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