Relationships between indoor and outdoor air pollution by carcinogenic PAHs and PCBs

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 9518-9529

  Menichini, E ^a   Iacovella, N ^a   Monfredini, F ^a   Turrio Baldassarri, L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

BaP; Benzo a pyrene; Coal fuelled heating; I O ratio; Vertical gradient

Indexed keywords

COAL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEATING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SMOKE;

COAL FUELLED HEATING; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARCINOGEN; INDOOR AIR; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POPULATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HEATING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36349034449     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.08.041     Document Type: Article

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