Indoor levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in homes with or without wood burning for heating

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 5074-5080

  Gustafson, Pernilla ^a   Östman, Conny ^b   Sällsten, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEATING; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WOOD;

BENZO(A)PYRENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORONENE; FLUORANTHENE (FL); OUTDOOR AIR (OA); OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; PERYLENE (PE); PHENANTHRENE (PHE); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); RESIDENTIAL AREAS; WOOD BURNING;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; CORONENE; FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

BURNING; CARCINOGEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEATING; INDOOR AIR; PAH; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; WOOD;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; HEATING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SWEDEN; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEATING; HUMANS; INCINERATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NEOPLASMS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE; WOOD;

ANTHRACENES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION; HEATING; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 48249102604     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800304y     Document Type: Article

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