Corrigendum: PM2.5emissions from hand-held sparklers: Chemical characterization and health risk assessment (Aerosol Air Qual. Res. (2015) 14, (1477-1486), 10.4209/aaqr.2013.07.0255);PM2.5 emissions from hand-held sparklers: Chemical characterization and health risk assessment

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1477-1486

  Betha, Raghu ^a   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Health risk estimates; Metals; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sparklers

Indexed keywords

DILUTION; EXPLOSIVES; HEALTH; HYDROCARBONS; METALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; PARTICULATE-BOUND METALS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; RISK ESTIMATES; SPARKLERS; WATER SOLUBLE FRACTION;

HEALTH RISKS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARCINOGEN; EMISSION INVENTORY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84901027750     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2018.01.1801     Document Type: Erratum

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