Variation of NO2 and NOx concentrations between and within 36 European study areas: Results from the ESCAPE study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 374-390

  Cyrys, Josef ^a,b   Eeftens, Marloes ^c   Heinrich, Joachim ^a   Ampe, Christophe ^d   Armengaud, Alexandre ^e   Beelen, Rob ^c   Bellander, Tom ^f   Beregszaszi, Timea ^g   Birk, Matthias ^a   Cesaroni, Giulia ^h   Cirach, Marta ^i,j,k   de Hoogh, Kees ^l   De Nazelle, Audrey ^i,j,k   de Vocht, Frank ^m   Declercq, Christophe ⁿ   Dedele, Audrius ^o   Dimakopoulou, Konstantina ^p   Eriksen, Kirsten ^q   Galassi, Claudia ^r   Graulevičiene, Regina ^o   Grivas, Georgios ^s   Gruzieva, Olena ^f   Gustafsson, Annika Hagenbjörk ^t   Hoffmann, Barbara ^u   Iakovides, Minas ^v   Ineichen, Alex ^w,x   Krämer, Ursula ^u   Lanki, Timo ^y   Lozano, Patricia ^e   Madsen, Christian ^z   Meliefste, Kees ^c   Modig, Lars ^t   Mölter, Anna ^m   Mosler, Gioia ^l   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark ^i,j,k   Nonnemacher, Michael ^aa   Oldenwening, Marieke ^c   Peters, Annette ^a   Pontet, Sabrina ^ab   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^w,x   Quass, Ulrich ^ac   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^q   Ranzi, Andrea ^ad   Sugiri, Dorothee ^u   Stephanou, Euripides G ^v   Taimisto, Pekka ^y   Tsai, Ming Yi ^w,x,ae   Vaskövi, Éva ^g   Villani, Simona ^af   Wang, Meng ^c   Brunekreef, Bert ^c,ag   Hoek, Gerard ^c   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d AIRPARIF   (France)

^e AtmoPACA   (France)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^h DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^k CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^l IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ French Institute for Public Health Surveillance InVS   (France)

^o VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^q DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^r AOU San Giovanni Battista CPO Piedmont   (Italy)

^s NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^t UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^u HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^w SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^x UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^y NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^z NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^ab DREAL Rhône Alpes   (France)

^ac Air Quality and Sustainable Nanotechnology   (Germany)

^ad ARPA Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^ag UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Air pollution; ESCAPE study; Long term; NO2; NOx; Spatial variation; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS; ANNUAL AVERAGE; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; ESCAPE STUDY; HUMAN HEALTH; LONG TERM; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; PAPER DOCUMENTS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STANDARDIZED METHODS; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN BACKGROUND;

TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VARIANCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84866301564     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.080     Document Type: Article

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