A review of factors impacting exposure to PM2. 5, ultrafine particles and black carbon in Asian transport microenvironments

P Kumar, AP Patton, JL Durant, HC Frey - Atmospheric Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization estimates 3.7 million deaths in 2012 in low-and
middle-income Asian countries due to outdoor air pollution. However, these estimates do not …

Trends in onroad transportation energy and emissions

HC Frey - Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Globally, 1.3 billion on-road vehicles consume 79 quadrillion BTU of energy,
mostly gasoline and diesel fuels, emit 5.7 gigatonnes of CO2, and emit other pollutants to …

[HTML][HTML] Commuter exposure to PM2. 5, BC, and UFP in six common transport microenvironments in Sacramento, California

W Ham, A Vijayan, N Schulte, JD Herner - Atmospheric Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
This study was designed to estimate and compare the air pollution exposures experienced
by commuters in six common transportation modes utilized by California residents, and to …

Risk of SARS‐CoV‐2 in a car cabin assessed through 3D CFD simulations

F Arpino, G Grossi, G Cortellessa, A Mikszewski… - Indoor …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the risk of infection from SARS‐CoV‐2 Delta variant of passengers sharing a
car cabin with an infected subject for a 30‐min journey is estimated through an integrated …

Air quality inside motor vehicles' cabins: a review

B Xu, X Chen, J Xiong - Indoor and Built Environment, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Among many environments, the motor vehicle cabin microenvironment has been of
particular public concern. Although commuters typically spend only 5.5% of their time in …

In-vehicle exposure to NO2 and PM2. 5: A comprehensive assessment of controlling parameters and reduction strategies to minimise personal exposure

VN Matthaios, RM Harrison, P Koutrakis… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vehicles are the third most occupied microenvironment, other than home and workplace, in
developed urban areas. Vehicle cabins are confined spaces where occupants can mitigate …

Dynamics of coarse and fine particle exposure in transport microenvironments

P Kumar, I Rivas, AP Singh, VJ Ganesh… - NPJ climate and …, 2018 - nature.com
A significant fraction of daily personal exposure to air pollutants occurs during commuting in
transport microenvironments (TMEs). We carried out systematic mobile monitoring on a pre …

In-vehicle exposures to particulate air pollution in Canadian metropolitan areas: the urban transportation exposure study

S Weichenthal, K Van Ryswyk, R Kulka… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Commuters may be exposed to increased levels of traffic-related air pollution owing to close
proximity to traffic-emissions. We collected in-vehicle and roof-top air pollution …

[HTML][HTML] Vehicle interior air quality conditions when travelling by taxi

T Moreno, A Pacitto, A Fernández, F Amato… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Vehicle interior air quality (VIAQ) was investigated inside 14 diesel/non-diesel taxi pairs
operating simultaneously and under normal working conditions over six weekday hours …

Street characteristics and traffic factors determining road users' exposure to black carbon

E Dons, P Temmerman, M Van Poppel… - Science of the Total …, 2013 - Elsevier
Many studies nowadays make the effort of determining personal exposure rather than
estimating exposure at the residential address only. While intra-urban air pollution can be …