Characterizing indoor and outdoor 15 minute average PM2.5 concentrations in urban neighborhoods

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-45

  Ramachandran, Gurumurthy ^a   Adgate, John L ^a   Pratt, Gregory C ^b   Sexton, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHOTOMETERS; PROMETHIUM;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE EXCURSIONS; SEASONAL EFFECTS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERE; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; METEOROLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAVIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0037215228     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820300889     Document Type: Article

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