A framework for identifying distinct multipollutant profiles in air pollution data

Environment International

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 112-121

  Austin, Elena ^a   Coull, Brent ^a   Thomas, Dylan ^b   Koutrakis, Petros ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution profiles; Cluster analysis; Effect modification; Hierarchical clustering; K Means; Multipollutant mixtures

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; MIXTURES;

AIR MASS ORIGIN; AIR POLLUTANTS; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGY; EFFECT MODIFICATIONS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HIER-ARCHICAL CLUSTERING; K-MEANS; MEAN VALUES; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; OPTIMAL CLUSTERING; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; TIME-SERIES REGRESSION; US NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; WEATHER PATTERNS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GAS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METEOROLOGY; MULTIPOLLUTANT MIXTURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEATHER;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860817855     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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