Benzene and formaldehyde in air of two winter Olympic venues of "Torino 2006"

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-275

  Bono, Roberto ^a   Degan, Raffaella ^a   Pazzi, Marco ^a   Romanazzi, Valeria ^a   Rovere, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Benzene; Environmental health; Formaldehyde; Olympic Winter Games

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; POLLUTION; SPORTS; SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INDIVIDUAL SAMPLINGS; OLYMPICS; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; POLLUTANT SOURCES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; TORINO , ITALY;

FORMALDEHYDE;

BENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CARCINOGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH SURVEY; OLYMPIC GAMES; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; ITALY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; WINTER;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; TORINO [PIEDMONT];

EID: 76049112721     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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