On-bicycle exposure to particulate air pollution: Particle number, black carbon, PM2.5, and particle size

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-73

  Hankey, Steve ^a   Marshall, Julian D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Active travel; Non motorized travel; Traffic mix; Traffic related air pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; BICYCLES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ACTIVE TRAVEL; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; MONITORING PLATFORM; NON-MOTORIZED TRAVEL; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; TRAFFIC MIX; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION;

PARTICLE SIZE;

BLACK CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYCLE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROAD TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; VIDEOGRAPHY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; VIDEORECORDING;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942155186     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.09.025     Document Type: Article

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