Emission testing and inhalational exposure-based risk assessment for candles having Pb metal wick cores

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 243-244, Issue , 1999, Pages 53-65

  Van Alphen, Mike ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Candles; Combustion; Indoor air quality; Inhalational exposure; Lead; Lead in air; NaPb2(CO3)2OH; Pb; Risk assessment; Wick

Indexed keywords

LEAD; METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMBUSTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 17644446571     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00335-6     Document Type: Article

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