Investigation of arsenic airborne in particulate matter around caterers' wood fires in the Cape Town region

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 219-224

  Niyobuhungiro, Rissa V ^a   von Blottnitz, Harro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arsenic exposure; CCA treated wood; PM10; Smoke; Wood burning

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AEROSOL SAMPLER; ARSENIC EXPOSURE; ARSENIC LEVELS; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CAPE TOWN; CCA TREATED WOOD; CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; FUEL SUPPLY; HAZARD CLASS; ICP-AES; KHAYELITSHA; METALS ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUARTZ FILTERS; URBAN AIR; WASTE TIMBER; WOOD BURNING; WOOD SAMPLES;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HEALTH HAZARDS; NITRIC ACID; QUARTZ; SMOKE; TAXICABS; TIMBER;

ARSENIC;

ARSENATE; ARSENIC; BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; INSECTICIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE; WOOD;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; STELLENBOSCH; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84872943752     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.06.0148     Document Type: Article

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