Generation rates and emission factors of particulate matter and particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of incense sticks

Chemosphere

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 673-679

  Lung, Shih Chun Candice ^a,b   Hu, Shu Chuan ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Incense burning; Indoor air pollution; Particulate matter; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Religious activity

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; SMOKE;

INCENSE STICKS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

INDOOR AIR;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKE;

EID: 0037291364     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00613-6     Document Type: Article

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