A framework to spatially cluster air pollution monitoring sites in US based on the PM2.5 composition

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 244-254

  Austin, Elena ^a   Coull, Brent A ^a   Zanobetti, Antonella ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution profiles; Cluster analysis; Effect modification; K Means; Multi pollutant mixtures

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION PROFILES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS METHODS; EFFECT MODIFICATIONS; HIER-ARCHICAL CLUSTERING; K-MEANS; K-MEANS CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION;

BROMINE; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; NITRATE; SILICON; SULFATE; VANADIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION PROFILES; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; AQS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTER; CPC; EC; EFFECT MODIFICATION; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; EPA; K-MEANS; MULTI-POLLUTANT MIXTURES; NAS; NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE; OC; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE MATTER WITH A DIAMETER OF 2.5 ΜM OR LESS; PM(2.5);

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880152864     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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