Chemical incident management: Gaseous emissions from a stockpile of coal

Public Health

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-44

  Freudenstein, U ^a,d   Crowley, D ^b   Welch, F ^c  

^a Leicestershire Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Leicestershire Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne pollution; Chemical incident management; Coal storage; Environmental monitoring; Spontaneous combustion; Sulphur compounds

Indexed keywords

COAL; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; COAL MINING; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034060872     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900611     Document Type: Short Survey

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