Particulate air pollution from bushfires: Human exposure and possible health effects

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 1895-1908

  Karthikeyan, Sathrugnan ^a   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a   Iouri, Kostetski ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRE ECOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; ODOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRES; HUMANS; METALS; SINGAPORE; SMOKE;

ACRIDA;

EID: 33748876991     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390600751264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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