Infiltration of outdoor ultrafine particles into a test house

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5908-5913

  Rim, Donghyun ^a   Wallace, Lance ^a   Persily, Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CHANGE RATES; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMPOSITE DEPOSITION; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DUCTWORKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE; FURNACE FILTERS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS; INFILTRATION FACTOR; INTERIOR SURFACES; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE PENETRATION; PENETRATION COEFFICIENT; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SIZE-RESOLVED PARTICLES; STANDARD ERRORS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

DEPOSITION RATES; SEEPAGE;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HEALTH RISK; INFILTRATION; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 77955099323     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101202a     Document Type: Article

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