Modelling of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine particulate matter (PM10) air pollution in the metropolitan areas of Barcelona and Bilbao, Spain

Environmetrics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 477-493

  Lertxundi Manterola Prof Dr , Aitana ^a,b   Saez, Marc ^a,c  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b Subdirección de Salud Pública de Gipuzkoa ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Census tracks; Kriging; Nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter; Urban road traffic

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; BASQUE COUNTRY; BILBAO; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

EID: 68149117277     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.939     Document Type: Article

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