Analysis of PM10, PM2.5, and PM2.5–10Concentrations in Santiago, Chile, from 1989 to 2001

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 342-351

  Koutrakis, Petros ^a   Sax, Sonja N ^a   Sarnat, Jeremy A ^a   Coull, Brent ^a   Demokritou, Phil ^a   Oyola, Pedro ^b   Garcia, Javier ^c   Gramsch, Ernesto ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Comision Nacional del Medio Ambiente ^*  (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

POLLUTION REDUCTION; REDUCING PARTICLE; WIND SPEED;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHILE; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; WIND; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 16444381066     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2005.10464627     Document Type: Article

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