Ultrafine particles in cities

Environment International

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Kumar, Prashant ^a   Morawska, Lidia ^b   Birmili, Wolfram ^c   Paasonen, Pauli ^d,e   Hu, Min ^f   Kulmala, Markku ^d   Harrison, Roy M ^g,h   Norford, Leslie ⁱ   Britter, Rex ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

City environment; Health impacts; Particle exposure; Particle number concentration; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; URBAN GROWTH;

CITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; INTEGRATED EVALUATION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

HEALTH RISKS;

FUEL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

ACCURACY; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE MASS CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

ASIA; EUROPE;

CITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH IMPACTS; PARTICLE EXPOSURE; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASIA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMANS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84893425437     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.01.013     Document Type: Review

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