Field evaluation of polyurethane foam passive air samplers to assess airborne PAHs in occupational environments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 749-754

  Bohlin, Pernilla ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^b   Strandberg, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SAMPLERS; ACTIVE SAMPLING; AIR SAMPLING; BENZO(A)PYRENE; DEPURATION; FIELD EVALUATION; GASPHASE; OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; OUTDOOR AIR; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; POLYURETHANE FOAMS; R VALUE; ROUTINE MONITORING; SAMPLING RATES; SHELTER DESIGN; UPTAKE KINETICS;

AIR POLLUTION; DEUTERIUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; FIELDWORK; PAH; SAMPLING;

ACCURACY; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKROOM AIR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POLYURETHANES;

EID: 74949086026     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902318g     Document Type: Article

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