Difference in concentration trends of airborne particulate matter during rush hour on weekdays and Sundays in Tokyo, Japan

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1045-1053

  Hara, Kunio ^a   Homma, Junichi ^a   Tamura, Kenji ^b   Inoue, Mariko ^a   Karita, Kanae ^c   Kondo, Yoshinori ^b   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES; LOCATION; MONITORING; ROADSIDES;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE; AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; MONITORING STATIONS; PM2.5 CONCENTRATION; ROADSIDE MONITORING STATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; JAPAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME FACTORS; TOKYO;

EID: 84905974230     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2014.923060     Document Type: Article

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