Measurement of airborne particle concentrations near the Sunset Crater volcano, Arizona

Health Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-117

  Benke, Roland R ^a   Hooper, Donald M ^a   Durham, James S ^a   Bannon, Donald R ^a   Compton, Keith L ^b   Necsoiu, Marius ^a   McGinnis Jr , Ronald N ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Inhalation; Monitoring, personnel; Respiratory system

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INHALATION; MASS; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO; WALKING; WIND; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

ARIZONA; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 58949097443     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000326447.78879.bf     Document Type: Article

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