Development and evaluation of alternative approaches for exposure assessment of multiple air pollutants in Atlanta, Georgia

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 581-592

  Dionisio, Kathie L ^a   Isakov, Vlad ^a   Baxter, Lisa K ^a   Sarnat, Jeremy A ^b   Sarnat, Stefanie Ebelt ^b   Burke, Janet ^a   Rosenbaum, Arlene ^c   Graham, Stephen E ^a   Cook, Rich ^a   Mulholland, James ^d   Özkaynak, Halûk ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

air quality models; exposure assessment; exposure models; multipollutant; spatiotemporal

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEORGIA; HUMANS;

EID: 84886718891     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.59     Document Type: Article

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