Differences in airborne particle and gaseous concentrations in urban air between weekdays and weekends

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 27, 2002, Pages 4375-4383

  Morawska, L ^a   Jayaratne, E R ^a   Mengersen, K ^b   Jamriska, M ^a   Thomas, S ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airborne particles; Diurnal variation of pollution; Motor vehicle emissions; Particle number concentration; Traffic emissions; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; EXHAUST GASES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

POLLUTANTS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXHAUST EMISSION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXHAUST GAS; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0036708711     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00337-0     Document Type: Article

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