Exposure of acid aerosol for schoolchildren in metropolitan Taipei

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 5622-5629

  Mao, I Fang ^a   Lin, Chih Hung ^b   Lin, Chun Ji ^b,c   Chen, Yi Ju ^b   Sung, Fung Chang ^d   Chen, Mei Lien ^b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acid aerosol; Photochemical reaction; Schoolchildren; Seasonal variation; Traffic density

Indexed keywords

ACID AEROSOL; ACID AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMBIENT AIR; ASIAN DUST STORM; EXPOSURE LEVEL; FILTER PACKS; GEOTHERMAL SOURCES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HONEYCOMB DENUDER; NATURAL EMISSIONS; PRIMARY POLLUTANTS; PRIMARY SCHOOLS; SAMPLING HEIGHTS; SAMPLING SYSTEMS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL AREA; TRAFFIC DENSITIES;

ACIDS; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH RISKS; HYDRODESULFURIZATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; STORMS; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ACID; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; DUST STORM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH RISK; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 72049091201     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.054     Document Type: Article

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