Potential effects of particulate matter from combustion during services on human health and on works of art in medieval churches in Cyprus

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2946-2953

  Loupa, Glykeria ^a   Karageorgos, Evangelos ^a   Rapsomanikis, Spyridon ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Airborne particles; Churches; Deposition rates; Source strength

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BLACK CARBON; CHURCHES; EMISSION STRENGTH; HUMAN HEALTH; INDOOR SOURCES; INORGANIC COMPONENTS; MASS CONCENTRATION; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SOURCE STRENGTH; WATERSOLUBLE; WORKS OF ART;

AIR QUALITY; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION RATES; ODORS; POTASSIUM;

RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS;

BLACK CARBON; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; MAGNESIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; POTASSIUM; SULFATE; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELIGION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY; HUMAN; PAINTING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CALCIUM; CARBON; CYPRUS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PAINTINGS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POTASSIUM;

CYPRUS;

EID: 77958194980     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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