The concentrations and composition of and exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) in the Helsinki subway system

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 5059-5066

  Aarnio, Päivi ^a,b   Yli Tuomi, Tarja ^a   Kousa, Anu ^b   Mäkelä, Timo ^c   Hirsikko, Anne ^d   Hämeri, Kaarle ^d,e   Räisänen, Mika ^f   Hillamo, Risto ^c   Koskentalo, Tarja ^b   Jantunen, Matti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^f Nordic Envicon Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon analysis; Elemental composition; Exposure; Particle number concentration; PM2.5; Subway

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ELEMENTAL CARBON; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION; HELSINKI SUBWAY SYSTEM; ORGANIC CARBON;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CARBON; CHROMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 23744466465     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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