Population exposure to benzene: One day cross-sections in six European cities

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3355-3366

  Ballesta, Pascual Pérez ^a   Field, Robert A ^a   Connolly, Richard ^a   Cao, Natale ^a   Baeza Caracena, Antonia ^a   De Saeger, Emile ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air quality directives; Benzene; Personal monitoring; Population exposure; Traffic emission

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

AIR QUALITY DIRECTIVES; PERSONAL MONITORING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

BENZENE;

BENZENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; SMOKING;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; PERSONAL MONITORING; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRUSSELS; BUCHAREST [ROMANIA]; COUNTY DUBLIN; DUBLIN [COUNTY DUBLIN]; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LEINSTER; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; LJUBLJANA; MADRID [SPAIN]; PORTUGAL; ROMANIA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646178592     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.01.053     Document Type: Article

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