Spatial and temporal variability of ultrafine particles, NO2, PM2.5, PM2.5 absorbance, PM10 and PMcoarse in Swiss study areas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-70

  Eeftens, Marloes ^a,b   Phuleria, Harish C ^a,b,c   Meier, Reto ^a,b   Aguilera, Inmaculada ^a,b   Corradi, Elisabetta ^a,b   Davey, Mark ^a,b   Ducret Stich, Regina ^a,b   Fierz, Martin ^d   Gehrig, Robert ^e   Ineichen, Alex ^a,b   Keidel, Dirk ^a,b   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^a,b   Ragettli, Martina S ^f,g   Schindler, Christian ^a,b   Künzli, Nino ^a,b   Tsai, Ming Yi ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g Montreal Public Health Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Air pollution; Coarse particles; LDSA; NO2; Particulate matter; PM10; PM2.5; PNC; SAPALDIA; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

ABSORBANCES; COARSE PARTICLES; LDSA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10; PM2.5; SAPALDIA;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWITZERLAND; WINTER;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84926671667     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.03.031     Document Type: Article

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