Mosquito coil emissions and health implications

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1454-1460

  Liu, Weilli ^a   Zhang, Junfeng ^a   Hashim, Jamal H ^b   Jalaludin, Juliana ^c   Hashim, Zailina ^c   Goldstein, Bernard D ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Mosquito coil; PAHs; Particulate matter; Smoke

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CARCINOGEN; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0141517436     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6286     Document Type: Article

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