Mixing ratios of carbonyls and BTEX in ambient air of Kolkata, India and their associated health risk

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 97-107

  Dutta, C ^a   Som, D ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a   Mukherjee, A K ^b   Jana, T K ^a   Sen, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Regional Occupational Health Centre Eastern   (India)

Author keywords

BTEX; Carbonyls; Health risk assessment; Hydroxyl radical reactivity; Kolkata

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CARBONYLATION; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; FULLERENES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BTEX; CARBONYLS; HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; HYDROXYL RADICAL REACTIVITY; KOLKATA;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ALDEHYDE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AMBIENT AIR; BTEX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH RISK; HYDROXIDE; MIXING RATIO; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALDEHYDES; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NEOPLASMS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SOLVENTS; URBAN HEALTH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ASIA; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 58149113500     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0142-0     Document Type: Article

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