Lung deposited surface area in Leicester urban background site/UK: Sources and contribution of new particle formation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 151, Issue , 2017, Pages 94-107

  Hama, Sarkawt M L ^a,b   Ma, Nan ^c   Cordell, Rebecca L ^a   Kos, Gerard P A ^d   Wiedensohler, Alfred ^c   Monks, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SULAIMANI   (Iraq)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Lung deposited surface area; Seasonal variation; Traffic emissions

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARBON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; WIND;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; DEPOSITED SURFACE AREAS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; TRAFFIC-RELATED POLLUTANTS; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

URBAN GROWTH;

BLACK CARBON; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE AREA; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; WIND VELOCITY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; LUNG DEPOSITED SURFACE AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SURFACE AREA; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WIND; WINTER;

ENGLAND; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; LEICESTER [LEICESTER (ADS)]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85003741920     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.12.002     Document Type: Article

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