Effect of chimneys on indoor air concentrations of PM10 and benzo[a]pyrene in Xuan Wei, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3352-3355

  Tian, Linwei ^a   Lan, Qing ^b   Yang, Dong ^c   He, Xingzhou ^d   Yu, Ignatius T S ^a   Hammond, S Katharine ^e  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Chimney; Coal; Indoor air pollution; PM10

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; BENZO[A]PYRENE; GASEOUS FUEL; HEALTH BENEFITS; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR POLLUTION; LUNG CANCER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR CLEANERS; AIR QUALITY; BITUMINOUS COAL; CHIMNEYS; CLEAN ROOMS; COAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; COAL;

AIR QUALITY; BITUMINOUS COAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; PYRENE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHIMNEY; CHINA; LUNG CANCER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XUAN WEI; YUNNAN;

EID: 67349259632     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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