From dust to dose: Effects of forest disturbance on increased inhalation exposure

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 519-530

  Whicker, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Pinder III, John E ^b   Breshears, David D ^c   Eberhart, Craig F ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Environmental contaminants; Environmental disturbance; Uranium; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; WIND EROSION;

IMPURITIES;

SNOW; URANIUM;

CONTAMINATED LAND; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL SURFACE; URANIUM; VEGETATION COVER; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSE RESPONSE; DUST; DUST AND DUST RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST SOIL; FORESTRY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PERIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION; VELOCITY; WIND; WORKER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; DUST; FIRES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NEW MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PINUS PONDEROSA; RADIATION DOSAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES; URANIUM; WIND;

CERRO GRANDE; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 33746798107     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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