Health effects of residential wood smoke particles: the importance of combustion conditions and physicochemical particle properties.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residential wood combustion is now recognized as a major particle source in many developed countries, and the number of studies investigating the negative health effects associated with wood smoke exposure is currently increasing. The combustion appliances in use today provide highly variable combustion conditions resulting in large variations in the physicochemical characteristics of the emitted particles. These differences in physicochemical properties are likely to influence the biological effects induced by the wood smoke particles.

Outline

The focus of this review is to discuss the present knowledge on physicochemical properties of wood smoke particles from different combustion conditions in relation to wood smoke-induced health effects. In addition, the huma

SUBMITTER: Kocbach Bolling A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2777846 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature