Aerosols and environmental pollution

I Colbeck, M Lazaridis - Naturwissenschaften, 2010 - Springer
The number of publications on atmospheric aerosols has dramatically increased in recent
years. This review, predominantly from a European perspective, summarizes the current …

Commuters' exposure to particulate matter air pollution is affected by mode of transport, fuel type, and route

M Zuurbier, G Hoek, M Oldenwening… - Environmental …, 2010 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Commuters are exposed to high concentrations of air pollutants, but little
quantitative information is currently available on differences in exposure between different …

Evolution of vehicle exhaust particles in the atmosphere

MR Canagaratna, TB Onasch, EC Wood… - Journal of the Air & …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) measurements are used to characterize the evolution of
exhaust particulate matter (PM) properties near and downwind of vehicle sources. The AMS …

Evaluation of land-use regression models used to predict air quality concentrations in an urban area

M Johnson, V Isakov, JS Touma, S Mukerjee… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - Elsevier
Cohort studies designed to estimate human health effects of exposures to urban pollutants
require accurate determination of ambient concentrations in order to minimize exposure …

Characterization of carbon fractions for atmospheric fine particles and nanoparticles in a highway tunnel

CS Zhu, CC Chen, JJ Cao, CJ Tsai, CCK Chou… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - Elsevier
Fine particles (PM2. 5) and nanoparticles (PM0. 1) were sampled using Dichotomous
sampler and MOUDI, respectively, in Xueshan Tunnel, Taiwan. Eight carbon fractions were …

Exposure to ultrafine particles and PM2. 5 in four Sydney transport modes

LD Knibbs, RJ de Dear - Atmospheric Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
Concentrations of ultrafine (< 0.1 μm) particles (UFPs) and PM2. 5 (< 2.5 μm) were
measured whilst commuting along a similar route by train, bus, ferry and automobile in …

Impact of roadside noise barriers on particle size distributions and pollutants concentrations near freeways

Z Ning, N Hudda, N Daher, W Kam, J Herner… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - Elsevier
Increasing epidemiological evidence has established an association between a host of
adverse health effects and exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) and co-pollutants …

Performances of different global positioning system devices for time-location tracking in air pollution epidemiological studies

J Wu, C Jiang, Z Liu, D Houston… - Environmental …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Background People's time-location patterns are important in air pollution exposure
assessment because pollution levels may vary considerably by location. A growing number …

Exposure to particulate matter in vehicle cabins of private cars

O Geiss, J Barrero-Moreno, S Tirendi… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2010 - aaqr.org
ABSTRACTA growing number of studies indicate the significance of short-term exposures to
airborne particulate matter, such as those occurring in a vehicle cabin. In this study, PM10 …

Comparison of short-term exposure to particle number, PM10 and soot concentrations on three (sub) urban locations

H Boogaard, DR Montagne, AP Brandenburg… - Science of the Total …, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent interest has focused on the health effects of ultrafine particles because of the
documented toxicity and the larger concentration contrast near motorways of UFP than for …