Estimation of occupational and nonoccupational nitrogen dioxide exposure for Korean taxi drivers using a microenvironmental model

Environmental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-296

  Son, Busoon ^a   Yang, Wonho ^b   Breysse, Patrick ^c   Chung, Taewoong ^d   Lee, Youngshin ^e  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^c The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d Sejong University   (South Korea)

^e Hanseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Exposure; Microenvironmental model; Nitrogen dioxide; Passive sampler; Taxi driver

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KOREA; MICROENVIRONMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AUTOMOBILES; GASOLINE; HUMANS; KOREA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 1542291408     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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