Ambient and personal PM2.5 exposure assessment in the Chinese megacity of Guangzhou

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 402-411

  Jahn, Heiko J ^a   Kraemer, Alexander ^a   Chen, Xiao Cui ^b   Chan, Chuen Yu ^b   Engling, Guenter ^c   Ward, Tony J ^d  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient and personal monitoring; China; Particulate matter; Urban air pollution; Urban health

Indexed keywords

CHINA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL MONITORING; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTION; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; HEALTH;

MONITORING;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; MEGACITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WINTER;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINTER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84877819244     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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