Gulf oil spill air quality monitoring: Lessons learned to improve emergency response

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 8365-8366

  Rotkin Ellman, Miriam ^a   Navarro, Kathleen M ^b   Solomon, Gina M ^a,c  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 BUTOXYETHANOL; BENZENE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OIL SPILL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OIL SPILL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GULF; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 78449253054     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103323v     Document Type: Short Survey

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