Wood smoke risk assessment: Defining the questions

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-98

  Morandi, Maria T ^a   Ward, Tony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Exposure; PM; Risk assessment; Wood smoke

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPOSURE; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PARAMETER; POLICY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SMOKE; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SMOKE; WOOD;

EID: 75449090444     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958370903008854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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