Pollutant exposures from natural gas cooking burners: A simulation-based assessment for Southern California

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-50

  Logue, Jennifer M ^a   Klepeis, Neil E ^b,c   Lobscheid, Agnes B ^a   Singer, Brett C ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COOKING; EXPOSURE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG VENTILATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CALIFORNIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS, NATURAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84891543619     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1306673     Document Type: Article

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