Characterizing of fine particulate matter (PM1) on the platforms and outdoor areas of underground and surface subway stations

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1016-1029

  Kord Mostafapour, Ferdos ^a   Jaafari, Jalil ^b,c   Gharibi, Hamed ^d   Sepand, Mohammad Reza ^e   Hoseini, Mohammad ^f   Balarak, Davoud ^a   Sillanpää, Mika ^g,h   Javid, Allah Bakhsh ⁱ  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^h Florida International University   (United States)

ⁱ SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

elemental composition; metro; platform air quality; PM1; subway

Indexed keywords

EID: 85039166343     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2017.1405340     Document Type: Article

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