Spatial and temporal variations in traffic-related particulate matter at New York City high schools

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 32, 2009, Pages 4975-4981

  Patel, Molini M ^a   Chillrud, Steven N ^b   Correa, Juan C ^f   Feinberg, Marian ^d   Hazi, Yair ^c   Deepti, K C ^e   Prakash, Swati ^e   Ross, James M ^b   Levy, Diane ^c   Kinney, Patrick L ^c  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c For a Better Bronx ^*  (United States)

^d For a Better Bronx   (United States)

^e West Harlem Environmental Action   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Diesel traffic; Particulate matter; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; BLACK CARBON; CAR TRAFFIC; DENSE URBAN AREAS; DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICLES; DIESEL TRAFFIC; DIESEL VEHICLES; FINE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; HIGH SCHOOL; INTERSTATE HIGHWAY; LOCAL VARIATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION MODELS; NEW YORK CITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC COUNTS; TRAFFIC-RELATED; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SCHOOLS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

AIR QUALITY; AUTOMOBILES; CARBON BLACK; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; PERMANENT MAGNETS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BLACK CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WIND;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69849086825     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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