Building statistical associations to forecast ethylbenzene levels in European urban-traffic environments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 177, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-134

  Vlachokostas, Ch ^a   Michailidou, A V ^a   Spyridi, D ^a   Moussiopoulos, N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chemical health stressors; Ethylbenzene; Exposure indicators; Regression analysis; Urban traffic areas

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; LOCAL AIR POLLUTIONS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN-TRAFFIC AREAS;

AIR QUALITY; HEALTH; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ETHYLBENZENE;

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; NITROUS OXIDE; ORTHO XYLENE; SULFIDE; TOLUENE;

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FORECASTING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILES; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FORECASTING; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84875238088     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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