Long-term personal exposure to PM2.5, soot and NOx in children attending schools located near busy roads, a validation study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3381-3394

  Van Roosbroeck, Sofie ^a   Jacobs, José ^a   Janssen, Nicole A H ^b   Oldenwening, Marieke ^a   Hoek, Gerard ^a   Brunekreef, Bert ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Personal exposure; Traffic pollutants; Validation

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TRANSPORTATION;

PERSONAL EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC-POLLUTANTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NITRIC OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOOT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOOT; TRAFFIC; VALIDATION STUDY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34047134628     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.12.023     Document Type: Article

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