Multiphase contaminant distributions inside flooded homes in New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina: A modeling study

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 609-619

  Ashley, Nicholas A ^a   Valsaraj, Kalliat T ^a   Thibodeaux, Louis J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium Model; Katrina; Mold; Pesticide; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTAMINANT LOADINGS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS; DERMAL CONTACTS; EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; FIRST RESPONDERS; GAS-PHASE; GAS-PHASE POLLUTANTS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HURRICANE - KATRINA; KATRINA; LOUISIANA; MODELING APPROACHES; MODELING STUDIES; NEW ORLEANS; ORGANIC SPECIES; PRIMARY PATHWAYS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITS; THEORETICAL MODELS; URBAN FLOODS; VAPOR-PHASE; WORST-CASE SCENARIOS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; IMPURITIES; MOLDS; PESTICIDES; PLASMA WAVES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTAMINATION;

EID: 61949214874     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2008.0095     Document Type: Article

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