Size-resolved deposition rates for ultrafine and submicrometer particles in a residential housing unit

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 10282-10290

  Lee, Wan Chen ^a   Wolfson, Jack M ^a   Catalano, Paul J ^a   Rudnick, Stephen N ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; DEPOSITION RATES; HOUSES; MIXING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; DEPOSITION MECHANISM; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION METHOD; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT; RESIDENTIAL HOUSINGS; SIZE-RESOLVED PARTICLES; SUBMICROMETER PARTICLE;

DEPOSITION;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HOUSING; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84906861481     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502278k     Document Type: Article

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