Impacts of air cleaners on indoor air quality in residences impacted by wood smoke

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 12157-12163

  Wheeler, Amanda J ^a,b   Gibson, Mark D ^c   MacNeill, Morgan ^a   Ward, Tony J ^d   Wallace, Lance A ^e   Kuchta, James ^c,f   Seaboyer, Matt ^g   Dabek Zlotorzynska, Ewa ^f   Guernsey, Judith Read ^g   Stieb, David M ^h  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e Environment Canada ^*  (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h Health Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOGLUCOSAN; 1,6-ANHYDRO-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSE; AIR POLLUTANT; GLUCOSE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; FILTRATION; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SMOKE; WOOD;

AIR FILTER; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CANADA; COMBUSTION; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SMOKE; WOOD; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; FILTRATION; HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR FILTERS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CANADA; FILTRATION; GLUCOSE; HOUSING; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SMOKE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WOOD;

EID: 84908133599     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503144h     Document Type: Article

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