The Research Triangle Park particulate matter panel study: PM mass concentration relationships

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 38, 2003, Pages 5349-5363

  Williams, Ron ^a   Suggs, Jack ^a   Rea, Anne ^a   Leovic, Kelly ^a   Vette, Alan ^a   Croghan, Carry ^a   Sheldon, Linda ^a   Rodes, Charles ^b   Thornburg, Jonathan ^b   Ejire, Ademola ^c   Herbst, Margaret ^d   Sanders Jr , William ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c SHAW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient air monitoring; Personal exposure monitoring; Susceptible subpopulations

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; PATIENT MONITORING; TOBACCO;

INDOOR MASS CONCENTRATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AMBIENT AIR; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0142195720     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.09.019     Document Type: Article

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