Relative importance of school bus-related microenvironments to children’s pollutant exposure

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1418-1430

  Behrentz, Eduardo ^a   Sabin, Lisa D ^a   Winer, Arthur M ^a   Fitz, Dennis R ^b   Pankratz, David V ^b   Colome, Steven D ^c   Fruin, Scott A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

^c Integrated Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; SCHOOL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CALIFORNIA; CARBON; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION;

BUS TERMINALS; BUS TRANSPORTATION; CARBON; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; URBAN GROWTH;

FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); MASS CONCENTRATION; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PARTICULATE CONTROL; POLLUTANT EXPOSURES; VISIBLE EMISSIONS;

BUSES;

EID: 23944517624     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2005.10464739     Document Type: Article

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