Exposure to volatile organic compounds in an ethanol and gasoline service station

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-241

  De Oliveira, K M P G ^a   Martins, E M ^b   Arbilla, G ^b   Gatti, L V ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benzene; Evaporative emissions; Service station emissions; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CANISTERS; CONTROL LOCATION; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTION;

BENZENE; CHARCOAL; ETHANOL; FILLING STATIONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASOLINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STAINLESS STEEL; TOLUENE;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALCOHOL; ALKANE; ALKENE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; GASOLINE; ISOBUTYLENE; ISOPENTANE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMOBILES; BRAZIL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHANOL; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 34548480485     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9181-z     Document Type: Article

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