Effect of atmospheric mixing layer depth variations on urban air quality and daily mortality during Saharan dust outbreaks

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 494-495, Issue , 2014, Pages 283-289

  Pandolfi, M ^a   Tobias, A ^a   Alastuey, A ^a   Sunyer, J ^b,c   Schwartz, J ^d   Lorente, J ^e   Pey, J ^a,f   Querol, X ^a  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

Author keywords

Health effect; Mixing layer depth; Saharan dust outbreaks

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; HEALTH; MIXING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STORMS; TOXICITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HEALTH EFFECTS; MIXING LAYER HEIGHT; MIXING LAYERS; PROGRESSIVE ACCUMULATION; SAHARAN DUST;

DUST;

AGED; AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE MIXING LAYER HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST AND DUST RELATED PHENOMENA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMERIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAHARAN DUST OUTBREAK; URBAN AREA; AFRICA; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84904763316     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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