Exposure to airborne particulate matter in the subway system

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 511, Issue , 2015, Pages 711-722

  Martins, Vânia ^a,b   Moreno, Teresa ^a   Minguillón, María Cruz ^a   Amato, Fulvio ^a   de Miguel, Eladio ^c   Capdevila, Marta ^c   Querol, Xavier ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona TMB Santa Eulàlia ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Barcelona; Indoor; Metro; Platform stations; Trains; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; DESIGN; QUALITY CONTROL; RAILROAD STATIONS; RAILROADS; SUBWAY STATIONS; UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT; VENTILATION;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; BARCELONA; INDOOR; METRO; PLATFORM SCREEN DOOR; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; TRAINS; VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING;

SUBWAYS;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; METRO SYSTEM; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAIN; VENTILATION;

ABRASION; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR FILTER; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MOTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAILWAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SUBWAY SYSTEM; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR FILTERS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAILROADS; VENTILATION;

EID: 84921526089     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.013     Document Type: Article

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