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Identification and verification of ultrafine particle affinity zones in urban neighbourhoods: sample design and data pre-processing

Harris, Paul and Lindley, Sarah and Gallagher, Martin and Agius, Raymond (2009) Identification and verification of ultrafine particle affinity zones in urban neighbourhoods: sample design and data pre-processing. Environmental Health, 8 (Supplement 1). pp. 1-6. ISSN 1476-069X

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Abstract

A methodology is presented and validated through which long-term fixed site air quality measurements are used to characterise and remove temporal signals in sample-based measurements which have good spatial coverage but poor temporal resolution. The work has been carried out specifically to provide a spatial dataset of atmospheric ultrafine particle (UFP < 100 nm) data for ongoing epidemiologic cohort analysis but the method is readily transferable to wider epidemiologic investigations and research into the health effects of other pollutant species.

Keywords:Identification; verification; ultrafine particle; affinity zones; urban neighbourhoods; sample design; data pre-processing;
Subjects:Science & Engineering > National Center for Geocomputation, NCG
ID Code:2112
Deposited By:Dr. Paul Harris
Deposited On:15 Sep 2010 14:36
Journal or Publication Title:Environmental Health
Publisher:Biomed Central
Refereed:Yes
URL:http://www.ehjournal.net/

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