Humidity and gravimetric equivalency adjustments for nephelometer-based particulate matter measurements of emissions from solid biomass fuel use in cookstoves

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 6400-6416

  Soneja, Sutyajeet ^a   Chen, Chen ^b   Tielsch, James M ^c   Katz, Joanne ^b   Zeger, Scott L ^b   Checkley, William ^b,d   Curriero, Frank C ^b   Breysse, Patrick N ^a  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Cookstove; Gravimetric equivalent; Humidity adjustment; Indoor air quality; Low resource environment; Nephelometer; Particulate matter; PDR

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOKING APPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FUELWOOD; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOMASS ENERGY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOKING; FIRE; GRAVIMETRIC EQUIVALENCY ADJUSTMENT; GRAVIMETRY; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NEPAL; NEPHELOMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUALITY CONTROL; ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; HUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOMASS; COOKING; FIRES; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; NEPAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902988962     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110606400     Document Type: Article

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