Implementation and validation of a modeling framework to assess personal exposure to black carbon

Environment International

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-71

  Dons, Evi ^a,b   Van Poppel, Martine ^a   Kochan, Bruno ^b   Wets, Geert ^b   Int Panis, Luc ^a,b  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activity based model; Black carbon; Land use regression; Microenvironments; Personal exposure; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ESTIMATION; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

ACTIVITY-BASED MODELING; BLACK CARBON; LAND USE REGRESSION; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES;

EXPOSURE CONTROLS;

BLACK CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAND USE; MODEL VALIDATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LAND USE; MICROENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBANIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84886245638     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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