Total and water-soluble trace metal content of urban background PM10, PM2. 5 and black smoke in Edinburgh, UK

MR Heal, LR Hibbs, RM Agius, IJ Beverland - Atmospheric Environment, 2005 - Elsevier
Toxicological studies have implicated trace metals in airborne particles as possible
contributors to respiratory and/or cardiovascular inflammation. As part of an epidemiological …

Particle number size distributions in a street canyon and their transformation into the urban-air background: measurements and a simple model study

B Wehner, W Birmili, T Gnauk, A Wiedensohler - Atmospheric Environment, 2002 - Elsevier
Car traffic is one of the main anthropogenic aerosol sources in modern cities. The
characterization of these emissions is important for describing the quality of urban air …

Fine (PM2.5) and Coarse (PM2.5-10) Particulate Matter on A Heavily Trafficked London Highway:  Sources and Processes

A Charron, RM Harrison - Environmental science & technology, 2005 - ACS Publications
A large dataset for PM2. 5 and PMcoarse (PM2. 5-10) concentrations monitored near a busy
London highway (Marylebone Road) has been analyzed to define the factors that lead to …

Studies of the coarse particle (2.5–10 μm) component in UK urban atmospheres

RM Harrison, J Yin, D Mark, J Stedman… - Atmospheric …, 2001 - Elsevier
An analysis is presented of continuous simultaneous measurement data for PM10 and PM2.
5 using TEOM instruments from five sites in the United Kingdom. The results are analysed …

Mortality and morbidity benefits of air pollution (SO2 and PM10) absorption attributable to woodland in Britain

NA Powe, KG Willis - Journal of environmental management, 2004 - Elsevier
Forests in Britain produce social and environmental benefits, in addition to marketable
timber outputs. One such non-market benefit is the reduction in air pollution, linked to health …

Traffic air pollution and mortality rate advancement periods

MM Finkelstein, M Jerrett… - american Journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Chronic exposure to air pollution is associated with increased mortality rates. The impact of
air pollution relative to other causes of death in a population is of public health importance …

Personal sampling of particles in adults: relation among personal, indoor, and outdoor air concentrations

NAH Janssen, G Hoek, B Brunekreef… - American journal of …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
To investigate the validity of outdoor particulate matter with a 50% cutoff diameter of 10-μ
(PM10) concentrations as a measure of exposure in time series studies, the association …

Receptor modeling of PM2. 5, PM10 and TSP in different seasons and long-range transport analysis at a coastal site of Tianjin, China

S Kong, B Han, Z Bai, L Chen, J Shi, Z Xu - Science of the Total …, 2010 - Elsevier
Atmospheric particulate matter (PM2. 5, PM10 and TSP) were sampled synchronously
during three monitoring campaigns from June 2007 to February 2008 at a coastal site in …

Comparison between different traffic-related particle indicators: elemental carbon (EC), PM2. 5 mass, and absorbance

J Cyrys, J Heinrich, G Hoek, K Meliefste… - Journal of Exposure …, 2003 - nature.com
Abstract Here we compare PM 2.5 (particles with aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm)
mass and filter absorbance measurements with elemental carbon (EC) concentrations …

Is there a role for evidence-based practice in urban planning and policy?

K Krizek, A Forysth, CS Slotterback - Planning Theory & Practice, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Can the craft of planning take advantage of a growing body of planning-relevant research?
Evidence-based practice proposes a better connection between research and professional …