Is levoglucosan a suitable quantitative tracer for wood burning? comparison with receptor modeling on trace elements in Lycksele, Sweden

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1669-1678

  Hedberg, Emma ^a   Johansson, Christer ^a   Johansson, Linda ^b   Swietlicki, Erik ^c   Brorström Lundén, Eva ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMELTING; WOOD FUELS;

LEVOGLUCOSAN; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION (MLR); OIL COMBUSTION; WOOD COMBUSTION;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE; LEVOGLUCOSAN; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; METEOROLOGY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; SWEDEN; WOOD;

EID: 33846167112     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464572     Document Type: Article

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