Indoor and outdoor submicrometer particles: Exposure and epidemiologic relevance ("The 3 indoor Ls")

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 606-613

  Franck, Ulrich ^a   Tuch, Thomas ^a   Manjarrez, Maria ^a   Wiedensohler, Alfred ^b   Herbarth, Olf ^a,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Human exposure; Indoor outdoor ratios; Submicrometer particles

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

HUMAN EXPOSURE; INDOOR-OUTDOOR RATIOS; SUBMICROMETER PARTICLES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33751253479     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20224     Document Type: Article

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