Applying indoor and outdoor modeling techniques to estimate individual exposure to PM2.5 from personal GPS profiles and diaries: A pilot study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5184-5193

  Gerharz, Lydia E ^a   Krüger, Antonio ^a   Klemm, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity profiles; GIS; GPS; Personal exposure; PM model; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PROFILES; GIS; GPS; PERSONAL EXPOSURE; PM MODEL; PM2.5;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH RISKS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK PERCEPTION;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; GPS; MODELING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 67650960821     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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