Two impact related air quality indices as tools to assess the daily and long-term air pollution

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 19-29

  Mayer, Helmut ^a   Kalberlah, Fritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Research and Advisory Institute for Hazardous Substances   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daily air quality index; DAQx; Impact related air quality indices; LAQx; Long term air quality index; South West of Germany

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; MEDICINE; MIXTURES; POLLUTION DETECTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; AIR QUALITY INDICES; DAQX; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE; INDEX VALUES; LAQX; SOUTH-WEST OF GERMANY;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICOLOGY;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 57349104750     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2009.021814     Document Type: Article

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