Commuter exposure to ultrafine particles in different urban locations, transportation modes and routes

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 376-384

  Ragettli, Martina S ^a,b   Corradi, Elisabetta ^a,b   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^a,b   Schindler, Christian ^a,b   de Nazelle, Audrey ^c   Jerrett, Michael ^d   Ducret Stich, Regina E ^a,b   Künzli, Nino ^a,b   Phuleria, Harish C ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Commuter; Near road exposure; Particle size; Switzerland; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; COMMUTER; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; NEAR-ROAD EXPOSURE; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; SWITZERLAND; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

AIR POLLUTION; BICYCLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMMUTING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84879270849     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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