Evaluation of land-use regression models used to predict air quality concentrations in an urban area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 3660-3668

  Johnson, Markey ^a   Isakov, V ^b   Touma, J S ^b   Mukerjee, S ^b   Ozkaynak H ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dispersion models; Exposure assessment; Health effects assessment; Intra urban scale; Land use regression models

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LAND USE; LOCATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DISPERSION MODELS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EFFECTS; LAND-USE REGRESSION MODELS; URBAN SCALE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

BENZENE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISPERSION; EMISSION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HYBRID; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; URBAN AREA;

CONNECTICUT; NEW HAVEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955513948     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.06.041     Document Type: Article

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