Designing monitoring networks to represent outdoor human exposure

Chemosphere

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 961-978

  Chow, Judith C ^a   Engelbrecht, Johann P ^a   Watson, John G ^a   Wilson, William E ^b   Frank, Neil H ^c   Zhu, Tan ^d  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality; Human exposure; Network design; PM10; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

HUMAN EXPOSURE;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; NETWORK DESIGN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0036882526     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00239-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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