Characterization of background concentrations in upper Manhattan, New York apartments for select contaminants identified in World Trade Center dust

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 6482-6490

  Tang, Kai M ^a   Nace Jr , Charles G ^a   Lynes, Carol L ^a   Maddaloni, Mark A ^a   Laposta, Dore ^a   Callahan, Kathleen C ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; BYPRODUCTS; CALCITE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEAD; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SILICA;

DETECTION LIMITS; DIOXINS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SYNTHETIC VITREOUS FIBER (SVF);

DUST;

ASBESTOS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; DIOXIN; LEAD; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

DUST; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SYNTHETIC FIBER; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIRCRAFT; ASBESTOS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DIOXINS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEAD; MINERAL FIBERS; NEW YORK CITY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10644291048     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es035468r     Document Type: Article

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