Emissions from open burning of simulated military waste from forward operating bases

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 11004-11012

  Aurell, Johanna ^a   Gullett, Brian K ^a   Yamamoto, Dirk ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SOURCES; EMISSION FACTORS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OPEN BURNING; PAH EMISSIONS; PCDD/PCDFS; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SMOLDERING COMBUSTION; SUSTAINED COMBUSTION; WASTE CHARGING;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

PILES;

ARSENIC; BENZENE; CADMIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FURAN; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MILITARY APPLICATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATCH FERMENTATION; BURN; COMBUSTION; HUMAN; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIMULATION; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; INCINERATION; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84870013847     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303131k     Document Type: Article

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