Characterizing the spatial distribution of ambient ultrafine particles in Toronto, Canada: A land use regression model

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages 241-248

  Weichenthal, Scott ^a   Van Ryswyk, Keith ^a   Goldstein, Alon ^b   Shekarrizfard, Maryam ^b   Hatzopoulou, Marianne ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Built environment; Land use regression; Traffic; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS; LAND USE REGRESSION; LAND-USE REGRESSION MODELS; MOBILE MONITORING; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TORONTO , CANADA; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

LAND USE;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LAND USE; LAND USE REGRESSION MODEL; MOBILE MONITORING; MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; WIND; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84950976897     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.04.011     Document Type: Article

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