Personal and indoor exposure to PM2.5 and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the southern highlands of Tanzania: A pilot-scale study

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 180, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 461-476

  Titcombe, Mari E ^a   Simcik, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Indoor air pollution; Particulate matter; Personal exposure; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Remote sampling

Indexed keywords

BENZO [A] PYRENE; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; REMOTE SAMPLING;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; CHARCOAL; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; FIRES; HYDROCARBONS; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STOVES; WOOD; WOOD FUELS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B,J,K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; CHARCOAL; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; KEROSENE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR QUALITY; COMBUSTION; INDOOR AIR; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RAINFALL;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIRE; HIGH SCHOOL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KITCHEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT STUDY; ROOM VENTILATION; RURAL AREA; SMOKE; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHARCOAL; COOKING; FEMALE; FUEL OILS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KEROSENE; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TANZANIA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHARCOAL; FIRES; FUELS; HEATING; HYDROCARBONS; RAIN; SAMPLING; TANZANIA; WOOD;

IRINGA [TANZANIA]; NJOMBE; TANZANIA;

EID: 79961171531     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1799-3     Document Type: Article

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