Windsor, Ontario exposure assessment study: Design and methods validation of personal, indoor, and outdoor air pollution monitoring

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-156

  Wheeler, Amanda J ^a   Xu, Xiaohong ^b   Kulka, Ryan ^a   You, Hongyu ^a   Wallace, Lance ^c   Mallach, Gary ^a   Van Ryswyk, Keith ^a   MacNeill, Morgan ^a   Kearney, Jill ^a   Rasmussen, Pat E ^a   Dabek Zlotorzynska, Ewa ^d   Wang, Daniel ^d   Poon, Raymond ^a   Williams, Ron ^e   Stocco, Corinne ^a   Anastassopoulos, Angelos ^f   Miller, J David ^f   Dales, Robert ^a   Brook, Jeffrey R ^d  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c Environment Canada ^*  (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISEASES; FLOWMETERS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIR POLLUTION MEASUREMENTS; DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITIES; EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; STANDARD REFERENCE METHODS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

FLUOROCARBON; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COUGHING; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GAS EXCHANGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEEZING;

EID: 79952970468     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.61.2.142     Document Type: Article

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