Influences of commuting mode, air conditioning mode and meteorological parameters on fine particle (PM2.5) exposure levels in traffic microenvironments

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 709-720

  Wu, Da Lei ^a   Lin, Mang ^a   Chan, Chuen Yu ^a,b   Li, Wei Zhong ^c   Tao, Jun ^d   Li, You Ping ^a,e   Sang, Xue Fang ^a   Bu, Chun Wei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

^c Institute of Environmental Science   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Commuter; Exposure; PM2.5; Traffic modes

Indexed keywords

COMMUTER; COMMUTING MODES; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE LEVEL; FIELD STUDIES; FINE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; GENERAL LINEAR MODEL ANALYSIS; IN-CABIN; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC-RELATED EMISSIONS; TRAVEL BEHAVIORS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

TAXICABS; TRANSPORTATION; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

AIR CONDITIONING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMMUTING; HEALTH RISK; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84874389355     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.08.0212     Document Type: Article

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