Personal day-time exposure to ultrafine particles in different microenvironments

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 188-195

  Gu, Jianwei ^a,b   Kraus, Ute ^a   Schneider, Alexandra ^a   Hampel, Regina ^a   Pitz, Mike ^c   Breitner, Susanne ^a   Wolf, Kathrin ^a   Hänninen, Otto ^d   Peters, Annette ^a   Cyrys, Josef ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Number concentration; Particulate matter; Personal exposure; Time activity

Indexed keywords

EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; COOKING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXICITY; VERY ELDERLY; WORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COOKING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WORK;

EID: 84940165318     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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