Extending the use of air quality indices to reflect effective population exposure

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 539-549

  Žujić, Aleksandra M ^a   Radak, Bojan B ^a   Filipović, Anka J ^b   Marković, Dragan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Public Health of Serbia   (Serbia)

^c SINGIDUNUM UNIVERSITY   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality index; Belgrade; Population exposure; Street canyons

Indexed keywords

BELGRADE; BELGRADE , SERBIA; MONITORING SITES; MONITORING STATIONS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; STREET CANYON; STREET CANYONS;

AIR QUALITY; FISH; MONITORING; ROADS AND STREETS;

POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR OXIDE; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH IMPACT; INDEX METHOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STREET CANYON;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SERBIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; SERBIA;

BELGRADE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SERBIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68649100488     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0503-3     Document Type: Article

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