Indoor, outdoor, and personal exposure monitoring of particulate air pollution: The Baltimore elderly epidemiology-exposure pilot study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 4193-4204

  Williams, Ron ^a   Creason, John ^a   Zweidinger, Roy ^b   Watts, Randall ^a   Linda Sheldon, ^b   Shy, Carl ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity pattern profiles; Ambient concentrations; Elderly population; Fine particulate matter; Indoor exposures; Personal exposures

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH RISKS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CALIBRATION; GRAVIMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034257027     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00209-0     Document Type: Article

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