Air pollutant emissions, concentrations, and exposures from biomass combustion: the cigarette analogy.

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Smith K R
carbon monoxide, tobacco smoke, formaldehyde, pollutant, smoke, particulate
Year:
1984
Bibliographic info:
Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry, Philadelphia, USA, August 26-31, 1984. 10p. 3 tabs, 24 refs.

Examines four pollutants found in significant amounts in biomass smoke: respirable particulates, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and particulate benzo(a)pyrene, to effect a comparison between tobacco smoke and biomass fuel smoke. Nominal doses of formaldehyde and carbon monoxide are roughly similar. For respirable particulates, smokers receive more than a factor of 10 larger nominal doses. The reverse is true for benzo(a)pyrene.

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