Relation between malodor, ambient hydrogen sulfide, and health in a community bordering a landfill

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 847-852

  Heaney, Christopher D ^a   Wing, Steve ^a   Campbell, Robert L ^b   Caldwell, David ^b   Hopkins, Barbara ^b   Richardson, David ^c   Yeatts, Karin ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Community driven research; Health; Hydrogen sulfide; Malodor; Solid waste landfills

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ODOR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COUGHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EYE BURNING; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; NOSE DISEASE; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PRURITUS; SYMPTOM; THROAT DISEASE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VOMITING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; ODORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960624468     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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