Respiratory irritants in australian bushfire smoke: Air toxics sampling in a smoke chamber and during prescribed burns

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 380-388

  De Vos, Annemarie J B M ^a   Reisen, Fabienne ^b   Cook, Angus ^a   Devine, Brian ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; IRRITANT AGENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESPIRATION; SAMPLING; SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FIRE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG TOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRUB; SMOKE;

ACROLEIN; AIR POLLUTANTS; FIRES; FORMALDEHYDE; IRRITANTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 63249098240     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9209-3     Document Type: Article

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