Indoor/outdoor relationships and mass closure of quasi-ultrafine, accumulation and coarse particles in Barcelona schools

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4459-4472

  Viana, M ^a   Rivas, I ^a,b,c,d,g   Querol, X ^a   Alastuey, A ^a   Sunyer, J ^b,c,d,e   Alvarez Pedrerol M ^b,c,d   Bouso, L ^b,c,d   Sioutas, C ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84900019658     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-4459-2014     Document Type: Article

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