Determinants of personal exposure to PM 2.5, ultrafine particle counts, and CO in a transport microenvironment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4737-4743

  Kaur, S ^b   Nieuwenhuijsen, M J ^a,b  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO CONCENTRATIONS; DETERMINANTS OF EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE CONCENTRATION; FIELD CAMPAIGN; HUMAN EXPOSURES; LONDON , UK; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MODE OF TRANSPORT; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SITE-SPECIFIC; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC COUNTS; TRANS-BOUNDARY; TRANSPORT MICROENVIRONMENT; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE COUNTS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; ION BOMBARDMENT; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; WIND EFFECTS;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CAR; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; LONDON; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649991975     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803199z     Document Type: Article

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