Relationship Between Vehicle Count and Particulate Air Pollution in Amman, Jordan

Alnawaiseh, Nedal A., Hashim, Jamal H. and Isa, Zaleha Md., (2015). Relationship Between Vehicle Count and Particulate Air Pollution in Amman, Jordan. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 27(2), 1742-1751

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    Author Alnawaiseh, Nedal A.
    Hashim, Jamal H.
    Isa, Zaleha Md.
    Title Relationship Between Vehicle Count and Particulate Air Pollution in Amman, Jordan
    Appearing in Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
    Volume 27
    Issue No. 2
    Publication Date 2015-03
    Place of Publication n/a
    Publisher Sage Publications
    Start page 1742
    End page 1751
    Language eng
    Abstract The main objective of this cross-sectional comparative study is to observe the relationship between traffic-related air pollutants, particularly particulate matter (PM) of total suspended particulate (TSP) and PM of size 10 µm (PM10), and vehicle traffic in Amman, Jordan. Two study areas were chosen randomly as a high-polluted area (HPA) and low-polluted area (LPA). The findings indicate that TSP and PM10 were still significantly correlated with traffic count even after controlling for confounding factors (temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed): TSP, r = 0.726, P < .001; PM10, r = 0.719, P < .001). There was a significant positive relationship between traffic count and PM level: TSP, P < .001; PM10, P < .001. Moreover, there was a significant negative relationship between temperature and PM10 level (P = .018). Traffic volume contributed greatly to high concentrations of TSP and PM10 in areas with high traffic count, in addition to the effect of temperature.
    Keyword Amman
    PM10
    TSP
    Meteorology
    Vehicle traffic
    Copyright Holder Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
    Copyright Year 2015
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    DOI 10.1177/1010539512455046
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