Exposure and dose assessment to particle components among an elderly population

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 156-166

  Almeida Silva, M ^a,b   Almeida, S M ^a   Pegas, P N ^c   Nunes, T ^c   Alves, C A ^c   Wolterbeek, H T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous components; Dose; Elderly; Exposure; Particles; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

AMBIENT PARTICLES; CARBONACEOUS COMPONENTS; DOSE; ELDERLY; ELDERLY POPULATIONS; EXPOSURE; INHALATION RATES; MICROENVIRONMENTS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ELDERLY POPULATION; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84914171199     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.063     Document Type: Article

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