Personal PM 2.5 and indoor CO in nomadic tents using open and chimney biomass stoves on the Tibetan Plateau

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 207-213

  Li, Chaoliu ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a   Chen, Pengfei ^a   Zhang, Qianggong ^a   Guo, Junming ^a   Mi, Jue ^b   Basang, Puchi ^b   Luosang, Quzhen ^b   Smith, Kirk R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CO PM ratio; Household air pollution; Indoor air pollution; Time activity; Yak dung

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIOMASS STOVE; CO CONCENTRATIONS; CO-VARIATIONS; DATALOGGER; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; MEAN VALUES; MULTIPLE-PEAK; NATIONAL STANDARD; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; PRIMARY SOURCES; QUALITY GUIDELINES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TIBETANS; TIME-ACTIVITY; TOBACCO SMOKE; YAK DUNG;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; STOVES;

CHIMNEYS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOKING APPLIANCE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; INDOOR AIR; NOMADIC PEOPLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMOKE; TOBACCO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHIMNEY; CHINA; COMBUSTION; COOKING; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YAK;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

BOS GRUNNIENS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84863468116     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.05.033     Document Type: Article

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