Indoor-outdoor distribution and risk assessment of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere of industrial and urban areas

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-349

  Massolo, Laura ^a   Rehwagen, Martina ^b   Porta, Andres ^a   Ronco, Alicia ^a   Herbarth, Olf ^c   Mueller, Andrea ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indoor sources; Indoor outdoor ratio; Risk assessment; Urban and industrial burdens; VOCs

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CYCLO-ALKANES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR SOURCES; INDUSTRIAL AREA; N-ALKANES; OUTDOOR SAMPLES; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; STUDY AREAS; URBAN AREAS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; FADING (RADIO); HEXANE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRY; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALKANE; BENZENE; HEPTANE; HEXANE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ALKANE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERPENE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIFETIME CANCER RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; TOXICITY TESTING; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALKANES; BENZENE; CHILD; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENES;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; LA PLATA;

EID: 77955161320     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20504     Document Type: Article

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