Tracheobronchial and alveolar dose of submicrometer particles for different population age groups in Italy

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 6216-6224

  Buonanno, G ^a   Giovinco, G ^a   Morawska, L ^b   Stabile, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alveolar particle deposition; Monte Carlo method; Time activity pattern; Tracheobronchial particle deposition; Ultrafine particle exposure

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; TIME ACTIVITY PATTERN; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL PARTICLE DEPOSITION; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURVEYS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGE CLASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDOOR AIR; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE AREA; TOXICOLOGY; TRANSPORTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ITALY;

EID: 80052640127     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.07.066     Document Type: Article

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