A travel mode comparison of commuters' exposures to air pollutants in Barcelona

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 151-159

  de Nazelle, Audrey ^a,b,c   Fruin, Scott ^d   Westerdahl, Dane ^e   Martinez, David ^a,b,c   Ripoll, Anna ^f   Kubesch, Nadine ^a,b,c   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active transportation; Inhalation dose; Near road exposure; Traffic air pollution; Travel mode

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATIONS; AIR POLLUTANTS; BARCELONA; BLACK CARBON; BUS COMMUTERS; CONCENTRATION RATIO; FINE PARTICLE MASS; HEALTH IMPACT; INHALATION DOSE; MITIGATING MEASURES; MODAL PATTERNS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NEAR-ROAD EXPOSURE; PEDESTRIAN LANES; PEDESTRIAN ROUTES; ROUND TRIP; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; T-TESTS; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL MODES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; URBAN AIR;

AIR POLLUTION; BICYCLES; CARBON MONOXIDE; TRANSPORTATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILE; BLACK CARBON; BUS TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMMUTING; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MOTORWAY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDESTRIAN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN CLIMATE; WALKING;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; WALKING;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84863422699     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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