Heterogeneity of passenger exposure to air pollutants in public transport microenvironments

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-51

  Yang, Fenhuan ^a   Kaul, Daya ^a   Wong, Ka Chun ^a   Westerdahl, Dane ^a   Sun, Li ^a   Ho, Kin fai ^b   Tian, Linwei ^c   Brimblecombe, Peter ^a   Ning, Zhi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Bus cabins; Bus terminal; CO; PM2.5; Roadside bus stop; Subway platform; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BUS TERMINALS; BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; COBALT; MASS TRANSPORTATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RAILROADS; ROADS AND STREETS; ROADSIDES; TRANSPORTATION;

BLACK CARBON; BUS STOP; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; TIME-INTEGRATED EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC-RELATED POLLUTANTS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

POLLUTION;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; BUS TRANSPORT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HETEROGENEITY; INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBANIZATION;

AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MICROENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84924409100     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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