Using charcoal as base material reduces mosquito coil emissions of toxins

Indoor Air

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-184

  Zhang, L ^a   Jiang, Z ^b   Tong, J ^a   Wang, Z ^b   Han, Z ^b   Zhang, J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Huadong Research Institute for Medical Biotechnology   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass combustion; Indoor air pollutants; Mosquito control; Product of incomplete combustion

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BASE MATERIAL; BIOMASS COMBUSTION; EMISSIONS RATES; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PARTICULATES; PM 2.5; PRODUCT OF INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; TOXIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETONE;

EID: 77952578793     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2009.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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