Assessment of environmental tobacco smoke contamination in public premises: Significance of 2,5-dimethylfuran as an effective marker

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8289-8294

  Alonso, Monica ^a   Godayol, Anna ^a   Anticó, Enriqueta ^a   Sanchez, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR LEVEL; AIR SAMPLES; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; DETECTION LIMITS; DIRECT CONTACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKES; GAS SAMPLING; PASSIVE SMOKERS;

AIR QUALITY; CONTAMINATION; SMOKE; TOBACCO;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

2,5 DIMETHYLFURAN; 3 ETHYLTOLUENE; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHYLBENZENE; META XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; STYRENE; TOBACCO SMOKE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOMARKER; COFFEE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDOOR AIR; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PASSIVE SMOKING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FURANS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SEASONS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 78549289942     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1016075     Document Type: Article

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