Personal exposures to PM2.5 and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their relationship to environmental tobacco smoke at two locations in Greece

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 169-183

  Georgiadis, Panagiotis ^a   Stoikidou, Melpomeni ^b   Topinka, Jan ^c   Kaila, Stella ^a   Gioka, Maria ^b   Katsouyanni, Klea ^b   Sram, Radim ^c   Kyrtopoulos, Soterios A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Determinants of exposure; PAH; PAH exposure; PM2.5.

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COTININE; FLUORANTHENE; PERYLENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREECE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STUDENT; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WINTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; COHORT STUDIES; COTININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0034914616     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500156     Document Type: Article

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