Monitoring of carbon monoxide in residences with bulk wood pellet storage in the Northeast United States

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1066-1079

  Rossner, Alan ^a   Jordan, Carolyn E ^b,c   Wake, Cameron ^c   Soto Garcia, Lydia ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BOILER; BUILDING; CALIBRATION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; WOOD; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HEATING; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NEW YORK; PROCEDURES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW YORK; VENTILATION; WOOD;

EID: 85032386942     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2017.1321054     Document Type: Article

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