Intake fraction of nonreactive motor vehicle exhaust in Hong Kong

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1913-1918

  Luo, Zhiwen ^a   Li, Yuguo ^a   Nazaroff, William W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Exposure; Intake fraction; Regional pollutant transport; Vehicle emission

Indexed keywords

HELSINKI; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HONG-KONG; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INTAKE FRACTION; INTAKE FRACTION (IF); LOCAL POPULATIONS; MANHATTAN , NEW YORK; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MOBILE VEHICLE; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS; REGIONAL POLLUTANTS; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; STREET CANYON; URBAN AREAS; VEHICLE EMISSION; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

VEHICLES;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXHAUST EMISSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HONG KONG; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; ETELA SUOMEN; FINLAND; HELSINKI; HONG KONG; KANSAS; MANHATTAN; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950948405     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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