Linking in-vehicle ultrafine particle exposures to on-road concentrations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 578-586

  Hudda, Neelakshi ^a   Eckel, Sandrah P ^b   Knibbs, Luke D ^c   Sioutas, Constantinos ^a   Delfino, Ralph J ^d   Fruin, Scott A ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air exchange rate; Exposure; In vehicle; Microenvironment; Model; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AIR EXCHANGE RATES; EXPOSURE; IN-VEHICLE; MICROENVIRONMENTS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

AIR; FINANCE; LINEAR REGRESSION; MODELS; POLLUTION; VENTILATION;

VEHICLES;

AIR EXPOSURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

EID: 84863536291     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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