Air quality in passenger cars of the ground railway transit system in Beijing, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-95

  Li, Tian Tian ^a   Bai, Yu Hua ^a   Liu, Zhao Rong ^a   Liu, Jin Feng ^a   Zhang, Guang Shan ^a   Li, Jin Long ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Commuter exposure; Indoor air quality; Railway; Railway passenger car

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

COMMUTER EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; RAILWAY PASSENGER CAR; RAILWAYS;

PASSENGER CARS;

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAIN;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CAR; CHINA; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOTOR VEHICLES; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONS; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33745989317     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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