Exposure of PM2.5 and EC from diesel and gasoline vehicles in communities near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1962-1971

  Wu, Jun ^a   Houston, Douglas ^b,d   Lurmann, Fred ^c   Ong, Paul ^b   Winer, Arthur ^d  

^a and Policy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion modeling; Elemental carbon; Intake fraction; Particulate matter; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; BEACHES; CARBON; GASOLINE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRUCKS;

DISPERSION MODELING; ELEMENTAL CARBON; INTAKE FRACTION; LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES; LONG BEACH , CALIFORNIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BLACK CARBON; CARGO CONTAINER; DIESEL ENGINE; DISPERSION; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PORT OPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61649111330     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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