Diverging long-term trends in ambient urban particle mass and number concentrations associated with emission changes caused by the German unification

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 3841-3848

  Kreyling, Wolfgang G ^a   Tuch, Thomas ^a,b   Peters, Annette ^a,b   Pitz, Mike ^a,b   Heinrich, Joachim ^a   Stölzel, Matthias ^a   Cyrys, Josef ^a,b   Heyder, Joachim ^a   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne particulate matter; Ambient urban aerosol; Germany; Particle concentration: number, mass, fine particles, ultrafine particles, winter trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; HEALTH RISKS; MOTION PICTURES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY;

PARTICULATE MATTER; POLITICAL CHANGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TERRITORIAL REUNIFICATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GERMANY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

GERMANY;

EID: 0043169760     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00457-6     Document Type: Article

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