Determination of exposure to benzene, toluene and xylenes in Turkish primary school children by analysis of breath and by environmental passive sampling

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4863-4870

  Scheepers, Paul T J ^a   Konings, Joke ^a   Demirel, Gülcin ^b   Gaga, Eftade O ^b   Anzion, Rob ^a   Peer, Petronella G M ^a   Dogeroglu, Tuncay ^b   Ornektekin, Sermin ^c   van Doorn, Wim ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Royal Haskoning ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Children; End exhaled air; Environmental exposure; Passive sampling; Personal air sampling; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILDREN; END-EXHALED AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SAMPLING; PERSONAL AIR SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONSUMER PRODUCTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON; ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

BENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE; AIR POLLUTANT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CHILD HEALTH; PRIMARY EDUCATION; TOLUENE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KINETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ANALYSIS; METABOLISM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENES;

HATAY; ISKENDERUN; TURKEY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77955917881     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.037     Document Type: Article

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