Open AccessSecondary Sulfate Effects?
Author(s) -
Thomas J. Grahame,
George M. Hidy
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.10293
Subject(s) - particulates , sulfate , coal combustion products , diesel exhaust , toxicology , environmental health , environmental science , environmental chemistry , medicine , chemistry , diesel fuel , coal , biology , organic chemistry
The correspondence section is a public forum and, as such, is not peer-reviewed. EHP is not responsible for the accuracy, currency, or reliability of personal opinion expressed herein; it is the sole responsibility of the authors. EHP neither endorses nor disputes their published commentary. Secondary Sulfate Effects? doi:10.1289/ehp.10293 Maynard et al. (2007) related mortality with ambient particulate black carbon (BC) and sulfate (SO 4). They also associated SO 4 in Boston, Massachusetts, with “secondary, ” distant “coal combustion. ” Their correlation o