Indoor and outdoor suspended particulate matter and associated carbonaceous species at residential homes in northwestern Portugal

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 473-474, Issue , 2014, Pages 72-76

  Custódio, Danilo ^a   Pinho, Isabel ^a   Cerqueira, Mário ^a   Nunes, Teresa ^a   Pio, Casimiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Elemental carbon; I O ratio; Indoor air; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; CARBONACEOUS SPECIES; ELEMENTAL CARBON; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIRS; QUARTZ FIBER FILTERS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; THERMAL-OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; ORGANIC CARBON; SMOKING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AIR; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; COOKING; EXHAUST GAS; MOTION; OUTDOOR AIR; POLLUTION MONITORING; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SMOKING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

PORTUGAL;

ELEMENTAL CARBON; I/O RATIO; INDOOR AIR; ORGANIC CARBON; PM(10);

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84890827261     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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