Exposure to particulate matter in traffic: A comparison of cyclists and car passengers

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2263-2270

  Int Panis, Luc ^a,b   de Geus, Bas ^c   Vandenbulcke, Grégory ^d   Willems, Hanny ^a   Degraeuwe, Bart ^a   Bleux, Nico ^a   Mishra, Vinit ^a   Thomas, Isabelle ^d   Meeusen, Romain ^c  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active travel; Air pollution inhalation; Cycling; Lung deposited dose; Personal exposure; Physical activity; PNC; Traffic emissions; UFP; Ultrafine particulate matter

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITED DOSE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PNC; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; ULTRAFINE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TRANSPORTATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXPOSURE CONTROLS; HEALTH RISKS; LOCATION;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMMUTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VENTILATION;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREATHING RATE; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIDAL VOLUME; TRAFFIC;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; BRUSSELS [BELGIUM]; BRUSSELS [BRUSSELS (RGA)]; LOUVAIN LA NEUVE; MOL; WALLOON BRABANT;

EID: 77953086968     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.04.028     Document Type: Article

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