Predicting changes in PM exposure over time at U.S. trucking terminals using structural equation modeling techniques

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 396-403

  Davis, Mary E ^a   Laden, Francine ^b   Hart, Jaime E ^b   Garshick, Eric ^c   Blicharz, Andrew ^b   Smith, Thomas J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diesel exhaust; Elemental carbon; PM; Structural equation model; Trucking industry

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DRIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WEATHER; WIND; AIR POLLUTANT; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649713100     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620902914349     Document Type: Article

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