Elemental carbon as an indicator for evaluating the impact of traffic measures on air quality and health

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Keuken, M P ^a   Jonkers, S ^a   Zandveld, P ^a   Voogt, M ^a   Elshout van den, S ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DCMR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air quality; Elemental carbon; Health impact; Traffic measures

Indexed keywords

AMSTERDAM; DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTERS; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; ELEMENTAL CARBON; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; LIMIT VALUES; LOW EMISSION ZONES; ROAD TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; ROTTERDAM; SPEED MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC LEVELS; TRAFFIC MEASURES; TRAFFIC VOLUMES;

CARBON; HEALTH; HIGHWAY PLANNING; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON; DIESEL FUEL; ELEMENTAL CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; HEALTH IMPACT; MOTORWAY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; FILTER; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NETHERLANDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84864188348     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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