The impact of a Bus Rapid Transit system on commuters' exposure to Benzene, CO, PM2.5 and PM10 in Mexico City

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 8194-8203

  Wöhrnschimmel, Henry ^a   Zuk, Miriam ^a   Martínez Villa, Gerardo ^b   Cerón, Julia ^a,c   Cárdenas, Beatriz ^a   Rojas Bracho, Leonora ^a   Fernández Bremauntz, Adrián ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Transporte Sustentable   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL CARMEN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Benzene; Carbon monoxide; Particulate matter; Personal exposure; Traffic emissions

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWDER METALLURGY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BUS-RAPID TRANSIT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL EXPOSURE; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS;

RAPID TRANSIT;

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL ENGINE; HEALTH IMPACT; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; MEXICO; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 53949088446     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.07.062     Document Type: Article

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