Commuter exposure to respirable particles inside buses and by bicycle

Authors
Gee, IL Raper, DW
Citation
Il. Gee et Dw. Raper, Commuter exposure to respirable particles inside buses and by bicycle, SCI TOTAL E, 235(1-3), 1999, pp. 403-405
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
ISSN journal
00489697 → ACNP
Volume
235
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
403 - 405
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-9697(19990901)235:1-3<403:CETRPI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The exposure of bus commuters and a cyclist to respirable particles in the city of Manchester has been evaluated, using personal sampling pumps instal led in the cabs of the vehicles and carried by the cyclist. These have prov ided an estimate of the average exposure of commuters using bus services an d cycling in a congested European city. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.