Environmental air sampling near burn pit and incinerator operations at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 8S, 2016, Pages S38-S43

  Blasch, Kyle W ^a   Kolivosky, John E ^b   Heller, Jack M ^b  

^a Scott AFB   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; BENZENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AFGHANISTAN; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARMY; ARTICLE; BURN PIT; HUMAN; INCINERATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLDIER;

AFGHANISTAN; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INCINERATION; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84983273963     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000792     Document Type: Article

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