Contrast in air pollution components between major streets and background locations: Particulate matter mass, black carbon, elemental composition, nitrogen oxide and ultrafine particle number

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 650-658

  Boogaard, Hanna ^a   Kos, Gerard P A ^b   Weijers, Ernie P ^b   Janssen, Nicole A H ^c   Fischer, Paul H ^c   van der Zee, Saskia C ^d   de Hartog, Jeroen J ^a   Hoek, Gerard ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Black carbon; Chromium; Contrast; Copper; Elemental composition; Iron; NO2; NOx; PM10; PM2.5; Streets

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CONTRAST; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; NO2; NOX; PM10; PM2.5; STREETS;

AIR QUALITY; CHROMIUM; COMBUSTION; COPPER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION;

ROADS AND STREETS;

CARBON; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; NETHERLANDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 78751582381     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.033     Document Type: Article

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