Airborne reduced nitrogen: Ammonia emissions from agriculture and other sources

Environment International

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 277-286

  Anderson, Natalie ^a   Strader, Ross ^a   Davidson, Cliff ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonium nitrate; Ammonium sulfate; Animal waste; Emission factors; Emission inventory; Fertilizer; Livestock

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AMMONIA EMISSION INVENTORIES;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM SULFATE; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR OXIDE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AMMONIA; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; EMISSION INVENTORY; LIVESTOCK;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL HOUSING; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; LUNG DEPOSIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; VEGETATION; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; FERTILIZERS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

(EAST); UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037408849     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(02)00186-1     Document Type: Review

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