Evaluation of air quality by passive and active sampling in an urban city in Turkey: Current status and spatial analysis of air pollution exposure

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3579-3596

  Gaga, Eftade O ^a   Döğeroğlu, Tuncay ^a   Özden, Özlem ^a   Ari, Akif ^a   Yay, Ozan Devrim ^a   Altuğ, Hicran ^a   Akyol, Nesimi ^a   Örnektekin, Sermin ^b,d   van Doorn, Wim ^c  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^d ISTANBUL KULTUR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Exposure assessment; Geographical Information System; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Particulate matter; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; GIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ESKISEHIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84865571100     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0924-y     Document Type: Article

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