Effectiveness of urban shelter-in-place-I: Idealized conditions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 4962-4976

  Chan, Wanyu R ^a,b   Nazaroff, William W ^a,b   Price, Phillip N ^b   Gadgil, Ashok J ^b  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute health effect; Emergency response; Outdoor indoor exposure; Toxic chemical

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BUILDINGS; HEALTH RISKS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAFETY FACTOR;

ACUTE HEALTH EFFECTS; AIR EXCHANGE RATES; CASUALTY REDUCTION FACTORS (CRF); EMERGENCY RESPONSE; SAFETY FACTOR MULTIPLIERS (SFM);

TOXIC MATERIALS;

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH EDUCATION; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY; URBAN AREA;

AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CLOUD; DISPERSION; EFFECT SIZE; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; MODEL; PARAMETER; PLUME; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHELTER IN PLACE; TOXICITY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34249689056     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.01.041     Document Type: Article

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