Ultrafine particles: Exposure and source apportionment in 56 Danish homes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 10240-10248

  Bekö, Gabriel ^a   Weschler, Charles J ^a,b   Wierzbicka, Aneta ^c   Karottki, Dorina Gabriela ^d   Toftum, Jørn ^a   Loft, Steffen ^d   Clausen, Geo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPENHAGEN; DIARY ENTRIES; GEOMETRIC MEAN; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE NUMBERS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

HOUSING;

BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

ARTICLE; BURN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COOKING; DENMARK; EXPOSURE; HOUSEHOLD; PARTICLE SIZE;

COPENHAGEN [(CTY) HOVEDSTADEN]; DENMARK; HOVEDSTADEN;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COOKING; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84884227920     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402429h     Document Type: Article

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