Physical characteristics of nanoparticles emitted from incense smoke
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Physical characteristics of nanoparticles emitted from incense smoke
Incense is habitually burned in various religious settings ranging from the Eastern temples to the Western churches and in residential homes of their devotees, representing one of the most significant sources of combustion-derived particulate matter in indoor air. Incense smoke has been known to be associated with adverse health effects, which could be due to the release of the submicron-sized ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1468-6996,1878-5514
DOI: 10.1016/j.stam.2006.11.016