Exposure to ultrafine particles and PM2.5 in four Sydney transport modes

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 3224-3227

  Knibbs, Luke D ^a   de Dear, Richard J ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC MEAN; IN-VEHICLE; PARTICLE FRACTION; PARTICLE MASS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA; TRANSPORT MODES; TWO PARTICLES; ULTRAFINE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; URBAN AREAS; WIND SPEED;

AUTOMOBILES; BUSES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; WIND EFFECTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

AUTOMOBILE; COMMUTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAILWAY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAIN; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; EXPOSURE; NIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; WIND; WORKING TIME;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 77954660458     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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