A survey of particulate matter on california dairy farms

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-47

  Garcia, Johnny ^a   Bennett, Deborah H ^a   Tancredi, Daniel ^a   Schenker, Marc B ^a   Mitchell, Diane ^a   Mitloehner, Frank M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; CENTRAL LOCATIONS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM CONCENTRATIONS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES;

FARM BUILDINGS;

FENCES;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COW; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUMMER; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84874986705     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0169     Document Type: Article

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