Particle counts and size distributions in the roadside environment

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 633-641

  Cheng, Yan ^a,b   Yu, Chuck Wah Francis ^a   Huang, Yu ^b   Zhang, Yun Wei ^a   Gao, Yuan ^b   Yau, Pui Shan ^b   Chan, Chi Seng ^b   Lee, Shun Cheng ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

BC; Hong Kong; p PAHs; roadside environment; size distributions; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EXHAUST GAS; HONG KONG; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 84867804977     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X12445490     Document Type: Article

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