Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in gas and particulate phases of indoor environments influenced by tobacco smoke: Levels, phase distributions, and health risks

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1799-1808

  Castro, Dionísia ^a,b   Slezakova, Klara ^a,b   Delerue Matos, Cristina ^b   Alvim Ferraz, Maria da Conceição ^a   Morais, Simone ^b   Pereira, Maria do Carmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Health risks; Indoor air; Microwave assisted extraction (MAE); Phase distribution; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

INDOOR AIR; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED EXTRACTION (MAE); PHASE DISTRIBUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; ASSOCIATED GAS; GASES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SMOKE; TOBACCO;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZO[A,L]PYRENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXTRACTION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MUTAGENICITY; PAH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SMOKE; SMOKING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOBACCO; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME; LUNG CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79952438075     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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