Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) among highway toll station workers in Taipei: Direct and indirect exposure assessment

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 138-148

  Lai, Ching Huang ^a   Liou, Saou Hsing ^a   Shih, Tung Sheng ^b   Tsai, Perng Jy ^c   Chen, Hsiao Lung ^c   Chang, Yue Cune ^d   Buckley, Timothy J ^e   Strickland, Paul ^e   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^e,f  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; PM2.5; Toll worker; Traffic density; Traffic exhaust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SMOKING; TAIWAN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

LANES;

EID: 23844546515     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.3.138-148     Document Type: Article

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