Personal monitoring of benzene in Perth, Western Australia: The contribution of sources to non-industrial personal exposure

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2596-2606

  Horton, A ^a   Murray, F ^a   Bulsara, M ^b   Hinwood, A ^c   Farrar, D ^d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Department of Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Benzene; Passive monitoring; Personal exposure; Source contributions

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PASSIVE MONITORING; PERSONAL EXPOSURE; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS;

BENZENE;

BENZENE;

BENZENE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MODEL; REGIONAL PLANNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MICROENVIRONMENT; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33645392747     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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