Real-time and time-integrated PM2.5 and CO from prescribed burns in chipped and non-chipped plots: Firefighter and community exposure and health implications

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-361

  Naeher, Luke P ^a   Achtemeier, Gary L ^b   Glitzenstein, Jeff S ^c   Streng, Donna R ^c   MacIntosh, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d Environmental Health & Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; CO; Firefighter; Forest fire; Mechanical chipping; PM2.5; Prescribed burn

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BURN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIRE FIGHTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOOD CHIP;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRES; FORESTRY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746169018     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500497     Document Type: Article

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