The behaviour of traffic produced nanoparticles in a car cabin and resulting exposure rates

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-51

  Joodatnia, Pouyan ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^a   Robins, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car cabin exposure; Nanoparticles dispersion; Number and size distribution; Ultrafine particles; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

CAR CABINS; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CONCENTRATION DATA; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS; DOSE RATE; EXPOSURE RATE; FAST RESPONSE; INHALED PARTICLES; JOURNEY TIME; NUCLEATION MODE PARTICLES; ON-BOARD MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE TRANSFORMATION; SIZE RANGES; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; VEHICLE EMISSION;

ATMOSPHERICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

NANOPARTICLES;

NANOPARTICLE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AUTOMOBILE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE FLUX; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BREATHING RATE; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INHALATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC;

EID: 84868520050     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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