Fine particle concentrations in buses and taxis in Florence, Italy

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 8185-8193

  Fondelli, M Cristina ^a   Chellini, Elisabetta ^a   Yli Tuomi, Tarja ^b   Cenni, Isabella ^c   Gasparrini, Antonio ^a   Nava, Silvia ^d   Garcia Orellana, Isabel ^d,e   Lupi, Andrea ^f   Grechi, Daniele ^f   Mallone, Sandra ^a   Jantunen, Matti ^b  

^a Institute for Study and Prevention of Cancer   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Public Health Laboratory   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^e CENTRO NACIONAL DE ACELERADORES   (Spain)

^f Technical Direction   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black Smoke Index; Commuting exposure; Elemental composition; PM2.5; Traffic

Indexed keywords

SEPARATION;

BLACK SMOKE INDEX; COMMUTING EXPOSURE; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION; PM2.5; TRAFFIC;

SAMPLING;

AERIAL SURVEY; AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; REFLECTANCE; SMOKE; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; ITALY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; FLORENCE [FIRENZE]; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 53749088722     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.07.054     Document Type: Article

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