Intra-urban and street scale variability of BTEX, NO2 and O3 in Birmingham, UK: Implications for exposure assessment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 5069-5078

  Vardoulakis, Sotiris ^a,b   Solazzo, Efisio ^b   Lumbreras, Julio ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benzene; Exposure; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Spatial variability; Traffic emissions; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

BENZENE; MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; ROADSIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; NITRIC ACID; NITRIC DIOXIDE; OZONE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BTEX; DISPERSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREET CANYON;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960841138     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.038     Document Type: Article

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