Physicochemical and toxicological characteristics of urban aerosols during a recent Indonesian biomass burning episode

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2569-2578

  Pavagadhi, Shruti ^a   Betha, Raghu ^a   Venkatesan, Shriram ^a   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a   Hande, Manoor Prakash ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Metals; Oxidative stress; PAHs

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR SAMPLING; APOPTOSIS; BIOMASS BURNING; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPISODIC EVENT; HAZE; MORTALITY; OXIDATION; PAH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKE; TOXICOLOGY; TRANSITION ELEMENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VIABILITY;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84875492642     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1157-9     Document Type: Article

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