Intraurban-scale dispersion modelling of particulate matter concentrations: Applications for exposure estimates in cohort studies

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1053-1063

  Gaines Wilson, J ^a   Zawar Reza, Peyman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Mesoscale; Spatial epidemiology; TAPM

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION; HEALTH CARE;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MESOSCALE; TAPM;

AIR POLLUTION;

DISPERSION; MODELING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

EID: 30644477114     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.026     Document Type: Article

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