Comparison of exposure estimation methods for air pollutants: Ambient monitoring data and regional air quality simulation

Environmental Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Bravo, Mercedes A ^a   Fuentes, Montserrat ^b   Zhang, Yang ^b   Burr, Michael J ^b   Bell, Michelle L ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMAQ; Community multiscale air quality model; Exposure assessment; Health assessment; Ozone; PM 2.5

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH MONITORING; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MULTI SCALE AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPOSURE; INCOME; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861660053     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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