Indoor air pollution from burning yak dung as a household fuel in Tibet

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 406-412

  Xiao, Qingyang ^a   Saikawa, Eri ^a,b   Yokelson, Robert J ^c   Chen, Pengfei ^d   Li, Chaoliu ^d   Kang, Shichang ^e,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^f CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Cookstove; Indoor air pollution; Particulate matter; Yak dung

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CARBON; CHIMNEYS; COMBUSTION; HEATING; POLLUTION; STOVES;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; COOKSTOVE; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; YAK DUNG;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

BIOFUEL; BLACK CARBON;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; EMISSION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INDOOR AIR; MOISTURE CONTENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BURN; CHIMNEY; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COUGHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MASS; MOISTURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; THROAT IRRITATION; YAK;

CHINA; NAM CO; XIZANG;

BOS GRUNNIENS;

EID: 84920896695     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.060     Document Type: Article

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