Spatial variability of air pollutants in the city of Taranto, Italy and its potential impact on exposure assessment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1719-1735

  Mangia, Cristina ^a   Gianicolo, Emilio A L ^b   Bruni, Antonella ^b   Vigotti, Maria Angela ^b,c   Cervino, Marco ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exposure misclassification; Spatial distribution of pollutants; Sulfur dioxide; Urban and industrial pollution; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE MISCLASSIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SPATIAL CONCENTRATION; WIND DIRECTIONS;

AIR QUALITY; INDUSTRY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN AREA; WIND DIRECTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; ITALY; OIL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WIND; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ITALY; PUGLIA; TARANTO;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874408410     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2663-4     Document Type: Article

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