Monitoring of submicron particulate matter concentrations in the air of Turin City, Italy. Influence of traffic-limitations

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 196, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 141-149

  Casale, Federico ^a   Nieddu, Gianluigi ^a   Burdino, Elisa ^a   Vignati, Davide A L ^b   Ferretti, Carlo ^a   Ugazio, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Institut F A Forel   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Human exposure; PM concentrations monitoring; PM size distribution; PM toxicity; Submicron particulate matter

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EXPOSURE; PM CONCENTRATIONS MONITORING; PM SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PM TOXICITY; SUBMICRON PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ECOLOGY; GAS DYNAMICS; MOTORS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY; VEHICLES;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

EID: 58149475260     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9763-3     Document Type: Article

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