Off-site exposure to respirable aerosols produced during the disk-incorporation of class B biosolids

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 987-994

  Low, Swee Yang ^a   Paez Rubio, Tania ^b   Baertsch, Carolina ^b   Kucharski, Matthew ^b   Peccia, Jordan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University

Author keywords

Aerosols; Mathematical models; Sewage; Sludge; Waste management

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOSOLIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DNA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS;

CENTRAL ARIZONA; TRANSPORT MODELING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOLS; BIOSOLIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DNA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOL; BIOSOLID; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548677963     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2007)133:10(987)     Document Type: Article

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