Measurements of benzene and formaldehyde in a medium sized urban environment. Indoor/outdoor health risk implications on special population groups

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 285-294

  Pilidis, Georgios A ^a   Karakitsios, Spyros P ^a   Kassomenos, Pavlos A ^a   Kazos, Elias A ^a   Stalikas, Constantine D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benzene; Cancer risk; Formaldehyde; Human exposure

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE CONCENTRATIONS; CANCER RISK; GENERAL POPULATIONS; HUMAN EXPOSURE; IN VEHICLES; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATIONS; INDOOR/OUTDOOR; LABORATORY TECHNICIANS; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGNS; TOXIC SUBSTANCES; TRAFFIC REGULATIONS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; CARBONYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LABORATORIES; MILITARY VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CANCER; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENZENE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORMALDEHYDE; GREECE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; POPULATION GROUPS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS;

EID: 60349117939     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0230-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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