Land Use Regression Models for Alkylbenzenes in a Middle Eastern Megacity: Tehran Study of Exposure Prediction for Environmental Health Research (Tehran SEPEHR)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 8481-8490

  Amini, Heresh ^a,b   Schindler, Christian ^a,b   Hosseini, Vahid ^c   Yunesian, Masud ^d   Künzli, Nino ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; BENZENE; FORECASTING; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BENZENE CONCENTRATION; EMISSION INVENTORIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXPOSURE PREDICTION; LAND USE REGRESSION; LAND-USE REGRESSION MODELS; MEASUREMENT-BASED; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALKYLBENZENE; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; BTEX; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SURVEY; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; LAND USE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SURFACE PROPERTY; AIR POLLUTANT; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; IRAN;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; IRAN; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

EID: 85026672710     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b02238     Document Type: Article

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