Spatial and temporal variability of fine particle composition and source types in five cities of Connecticut and Massachusetts

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2133-2142

  Lee, Hyung Joo ^a   Gent, Janneane F ^b   Leaderer, Brian P ^b   Koutrakis, Petros ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure measurement errors; PM2.5; Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF); Source apportionment; Spatial variability; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT; PM2.5; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION (PMF); SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

AIR QUALITY; FACTORIZATION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLLUTION; SULFUR;

MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EXHAUST GAS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; CONNECTICUT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CONNECTICUT; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953327265     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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