Fire emissions of organics into the atmosphere

Fire Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-231

  Blomqvist, Per ^a   Persson, Bror ^a   Simonson, Margaret ^a  

^a SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident statistics; Dioxins; Emissions; Fires; PAH; VOC

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; GAS EMISSIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STATISTICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DIOXINS; TOTAL EMISSION;

FIRES;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; FIRES; GAS EMISSIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STATISTICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34548768688     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-007-0011-y     Document Type: Article

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