Combining regression analysis and air quality modelling to predict benzene concentration levels

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2585-2592

  Vlachokostas, Ch ^a   Achillas, Ch ^a   Chourdakis, E ^a   Moussiopoulos, N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality modelling; Benzene; Regression analysis; Traffic; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY LEVELS; AIR QUALITY MODELLING; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; BENZENE CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS; HUMAN CARCINOGEN; MULTIPLE STEPWISE REGRESSION; PREMATURE MORTALITY; REGRESSION MODEL; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; STATE OF THE ART; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; THESSALONIKI , GREECE; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC-RELATED; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; METAL ANALYSIS; MONITORING; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CARCINOGEN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY MODELLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; GREECE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 79953312080     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.11.042     Document Type: Article

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