The impact of a landfill fire on ambient air quality in the north: A case study in Iqaluit, Canada

Environmental Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 46-50

  Weichenthal, Scott ^a   Van Rijswijk, David ^a   Kulka, Ryan ^a   You, Hongyu ^a   Van Ryswyk, Keith ^a   Willey, Jeff ^a   Dugandzic, Rose ^a   Sutcliffe, Roger ^a   Moulton, Jamessee ^c   Baike, Maureen ^c   White, Luc ^b   Charland, Jean Pierre ^b   Jessiman, Barry ^a  

^a Water Air and Climate Change Bureau   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dioxins; Dioxins furans; Landfill fire; NO2< inf>; Nunavut; O3< inf>; PAHs; PM2.5< inf>; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EMISSION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LANDFILL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; FIRE; LANDFILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUMMER; WIND; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROCEDURES;

CANADA; IQALUIT; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; NUNAVUT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84934753087     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.018     Document Type: Article

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