Spatial variation of PM elemental composition between and within 20 European study areas - Results of the ESCAPE project

Environment International

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 181-192

  Tsai, Ming Yi ^a,b,c   Hoek, Gerard ^d   Eeftens, Marloes ^a,b,d   de Hoogh, Kees ^a,b,e   Beelen, Rob ^d   Beregszászi, Timea ^f   Cesaroni, Giulia ^g   Cirach, Marta ^h,i   Cyrys, Josef ^j,k   De Nazelle, Audrey ^e,h,i,l   de Vocht, Frank ^m,n   Ducret Stich, Regina ^a,b   Eriksen, Kirsten ^o   Galassi, Claudia ^p   Gražuleviciene, Regina ^q   Gražulevicius, Tomas ^q   Grivas, Georgios ^r   Gryparis, Alexandros ^s   Heinrich, Joachim ^j   Hoffmann, Barbara ^a   Iakovides, Minas ^u   Keuken, Menno ^v   Krämer, Ursula ^t   Künzli, Nino ^a,b   Lanki, Timo ^d   Madsen, Christian ^x   Meliefste, Kees ^d   Merritt, Anne Sophie ^f   Mölter, Anna ^m,z   Mosler, Gioia ^e   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^h,i,l   Pershagen, Göran ^y   Phuleria, Harish ^a,b,aa   Quass, Ulrich ^ab   Ranzi, Andrea ^ac   Schaffner, Emmanuel ^a,b   Sokhi, Ranjeet ^ad   Stempfelet, Morgane ^ae   Stephanou, Euripides ^b   Sugiri, Dorothea ^a   Taimisto, Pekka ^w   Tewis, Marjan ^d   Udvardy, Orsolya ^f   Wang, Meng ^c,d   Brunekreef, Bert ^d,af   more..

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^g DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^h CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^j INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^l CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^o DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^p Rianimazione ed Emergenze AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza   (Italy)

^q VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^r NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^t HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^v TNO   (Netherlands)

^w NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^x NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^y KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^z Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^aa INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^ab Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology   (Germany)

^ac ARPA Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^ae French Institute for Public Health Surveillance InVS   (France)

^af UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Air pollution; Energy dispersive X ray fluorescence (ED XRF); Exposure assessment; PM composition; PM10; PM2.5; Spatial contrasts; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; IRON; NITROGEN OXIDES; SILICON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN GROWTH; X RAYS;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; PM-COMPOSITION; PM10; PM2.5; SPATIAL CONTRAST;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

COPPER; IRON; NICKEL; NITROGEN OXIDE; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SULFUR; VANADIUM; ZINC; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPEAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SPECTROMETRY;

EUROPE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 84940942422     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.04.015     Document Type: Article

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