2013 Southeast Asian smoke haze: Fractionation of particulate-bound elements and associated health risk

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4327-4335

  Betha, Raghu ^a,b   Behera, Sailesh N ^a   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; DEPOSITION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; PM2.5 CONCENTRATION; REGIONAL AIR POLLUTION; RESIDUAL FRACTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; TOXIC TRACE ELEMENTS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BORON; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS BURNING; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTIONATION; HAZE; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMOKE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BREATHING RATE; EXPOSURE; FRACTIONATION; HAZE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMIDITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SMOKE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TIDAL VOLUME;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; HEALTH; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE;

EID: 84898897886     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405533d     Document Type: Article

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