Peat fires and air quality: Volatile organic compounds and particulates

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 419-423

  Blake, D ^a   Hinwood, A L ^a   Horwitz, P ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Human exposure; Peat; Smoke; Volatile organic compounds; Wetland ecosystem change

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; AQUIFERS; DEPOSITS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PEAT; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN GROWTH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WETLANDS;

BENZENE CONCENTRATION; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM;

SMOKE;

BENZENE; GROUND WATER; PEAT; RAIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL PLAIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FIRE; PEAT; RURAL AREA; SMOKE; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WETLAND;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; COASTAL PLAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT; SMOKE; URBAN AREA; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SWAN COASTAL PLAIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

OSIRIS;

EID: 67349227450     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.03.047     Document Type: Article

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