Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in indoor emission from decorative candles

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1888-1895

  Orecchio, Santino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candles; GC MS; Indoor; PAHs

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AQUEOUS PHASE; CANDLES; CARCINOGENIC PAHS; COLD TRAPS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS PHASIS; GC-MS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESS; INDOOR; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LITERATURE DATA; PAHS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

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

AIR SAMPLING; CARCINOGEN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; WAX;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECORATIVE CANDLE; EUROPE; GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LUNG CANCER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATERIALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; WORKER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79952452707     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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