Traffic-generated airborne particles in naturally ventilated multi-storey residential buildings of Singapore: Vertical distribution and potential health risks

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1493-1500

  Kalaiarasan, M ^a   Balasubramanian, R ^a   Cheong, K W D ^a   Tham, K W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dose response; Fine particulate matter; Health risks; Vertical distribution profile

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOORS; HEALTH; PERMANENT MAGNETS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIRBORNE PARTICLES; AMBIENT AIRS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BODY WEIGHTS; BREATHING RATES; CHIMNEY EFFECTS; CLOSE PROXIMITIES; DOSE RATES; DOSE-RESPONSE; EXPOSURE LEVELS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; INHALATION EXPOSURES; MASS CONCENTRATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OBSERVATIONAL DATUM; OC/EC RATIOS; PARTICLE MASS; PARTICULATE MATTERS; POTENTIAL HEALTHS; PUBLIC HOUSINGS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SAMPLING LOCATIONS; SINGAPORE; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; TREE LEAVES; TYPICAL DAYS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION PROFILE; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

HEALTH RISKS;

BUILDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 61349101804     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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