Indoor and outdoor sources of size-resolved mass concentration of particulate matter in a school gym-implications for exposure of exercising children

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 598-609

  Braniš, Martin ^a   Šafránek, Jiří ^a   Hytychová, Adéla ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Children; Health effects; Indoor air; Particulate matter; Physical education; School

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL; BIOMONITORING; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DATA SET; DIAMETER; EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFILTRATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SCHOOLS;

EID: 79955134107     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0405-0     Document Type: Article

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