Coarse particulate matter concentrations from residential outdoor sites associated with the North Carolina Asthma and Children's Environment Studies (NC-ACES)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1200-1208

  Chen, Fu Lin ^a   Williams, Ronald ^a   Svendsen, Erik ^b   Yeatts, Karin ^c   Creason, John ^a   Scott, James ^a   Terrell, Dock ^a   Case, Martin ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse particulate matter; Dichot; MiniVol sampler; PM10 2.5; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MEASUREMENT THEORY;

COARSE PARTICULATE MATTER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; MINIVOL SAMPLERS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AEROSOL; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845960019     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.09.049     Document Type: Article

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