Concentrations of ultrafine particles at a highway toll collection booth and exposure implications for toll collectors

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 364-369

  Cheng, Yu Hsiang ^a   Huang, Cheng Hsiung ^b   Huang, Hsiao Lin ^c   Tsai, Chuen Jinn ^d  

^a MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Highway toll station; Number concentration; Ultrafine particle

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; DOMINANT MODE; HIGH EXPOSURES; HIGHWAY TOLLS; LOW WIND SPEED; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; URBAN BACKGROUND; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; WIND EFFECTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

NANOPARTICLE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXHAUST EMISSION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MOTORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; FUME; GAS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGHWAY; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 78649733456     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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