Spatial variability of fine particle mass, components, and source contributions during the Regional Air Pollution Study in St. Louis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4172-4179

  Kim, Eugene ^a   Hopke, Philip K ^a   Pinto, Joseph P ^b   Wilson, William E ^b  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REFUSE INCINERATORS; SULFATE MINERALS;

HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION (PMF); REGIONAL AIR MONITORING SYSTEMS (RAMS); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

SULFATE; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MASS; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RADIATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; HUMANS; MISSOURI; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICS; SULFUR; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 20044387778     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049824x     Document Type: Article

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