Measurement of airborne concentrations of tire and road wear particles in urban and rural areas of France, Japan, and the United States

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 192-199

  Panko, Julie M ^a   Chu, Jennifer ^a   Kreider, Marisa L ^a   Unice, Ken M ^a  

^a ChemRisk LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Particles; PM10; Tire

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; PM10; POPULATION DENSITIES; PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUE; RESPIRABLE PARTICULATE MATTERS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DEFORESTATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FRICTION MATERIALS; FUELS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RURAL AREAS;

TIRES;

POLYMER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DUST; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIRE; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN AREA; WEAR;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; FRANCE; JAPAN; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; RURAL AREA; TIRE AND ROAD WEAR PARTICLE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRAZING; DEFORESTATION; FRANCE; FRICTION; FUELS; INDUSTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; JAPAN; PARTICLES; STATISTICS; TIRES; UNITED STATES;

FRANCE; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875636466     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.01.040     Document Type: Article

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