Children's personal exposure to air pollution in rural villages in Bhutan

Environmental Research

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 691-698

  Wangchuk, Tenzin ^a   Mazaheri, Mandana ^b   Clifford, Sam ^b   Dudzinska, Marzenna R ^c   He, Congrong ^a   Buonanno, Giorgio ^b,d   Morawska, Lidia ^b  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF BHUTAN   (Bhutan)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Children; Personal exposure; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROBENZENE; LIMONENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COMBUSTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEALTH RISK; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHIMNEY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOSIMETRY; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEATING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WALKING; RURAL POPULATION;

BHUTAN;

AIR POLLUTION; BHUTAN; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84936750921     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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