Chronic risk assessment of exposure to volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere near the largest Mediterranean industrial site

Environment International

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 200-209

  Ramírez, Noelia ^a   Cuadras, Anna ^b   Rovira, Enric ^b   Borrull, Francesc ^a   Marcé, Rosa Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality; Cancer risk assessment; Non cancer risk assessment; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DISULFIDE; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; DISEASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; RATING; RISK PERCEPTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THERMAL DESORPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVE SAMPLING; ANALYTICAL METHOD; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT; CHEMICAL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL SITES; ESTIMATED LIFETIME; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; GC-MS ANALYSIS; HEALTH EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL SITES; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; REFERENCE CONCENTRATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION METHODS; TD METHOD;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARBON DISULFIDE; CARCINOGEN; CHARCOAL; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; CANCER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; INHALATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THERMAL DESORPTION METHOD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 83055163707     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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