Emission of volatile organic compounds from religious and ritual activities in India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 9279-9286

  Dewangan, Shippi ^a   Chakrabarty, Rajan ^b   Zielinska, Barbara ^b   Pervez, Shamsh ^a  

^a PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission factor; Indoor air pollution; Religious and ritual places; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ODORS; SMOKE; STYRENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1 ,3 BUTADIENE; AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; ASIAN COUNTRIES; BIOMASS MATERIALS; EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RELIGIOUS AND RITUAL PLACES; RESPIRABLE PARTICULATE MATTERS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYCLOHEXANE; DECANE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEPTANE; HEXANE; META XYLENE; N UNDECANE; NONANE; OCTANE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARCINOGEN; CULTURAL TRADITION; EMISSION INVENTORY; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDOOR AIR; SMOKE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME DISPERSION; RELIGION; RITUAL;

INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; RAIPUR;

EID: 84885471216     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3250-z     Document Type: Article

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