An assessment of risk from particulate released from outdoor wood boilers

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 191-208

  Brown, David R ^a   Callahan, Barbara G ^b   Boissevain, Andrea L ^a  

^a Health Risk Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b University Research Engineers and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality index; Particulate; Respiratory disease; Risk assessment; Wood boilers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847147496     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030601105126     Document Type: Review

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