The anatomy of the exposures that occurred around the World Trade Center site: 9/11 and beyond

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1076, Issue , 2006, Pages 54-79

  Lioy, Paul J ^a   Georgopoulos, Panos ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure science; Indoor outdoor; Settled dust smoke; WTC aftermath

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DESTRUCTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; POLLUTANT; SAMPLING; SMOKE; SURVIVOR; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845645914     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1371.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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