Intra-urban spatial variability in wintertime street-level concentrations of multiple combustion-related air pollutants: The New York City Community Air Survey (NYCCAS)

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 232-240

  Clougherty, Jane E ^a   Kheirbek, Iyad ^b   Eisl, Holger M ^c   Ross, Zev ^d   Pezeshki, Grant ^b   Gorczynski, John E ^c   Johnson, Sarah ^b   Markowitz, Steven ^c   Kass, Daniel ^b   Matte, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d ZEVROSS SPATIAL ANALYSIS   (United States)

Author keywords

black carbon (BC); fine particles (PM 2.5); land use regression (LUR); nitrogen dioxide (NO2); sulfur dioxide (SO2); urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; REVIEW; SEASON; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DATA COLLECTION; NEW YORK CITY; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84876750750     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.125     Document Type: Review

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