High concentrations of cadmium, cerium and lanthanum in indoor air due to environmental tobacco smoke

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 738-741

  Böhlandt, Antje ^a   Schierl, Rudolf ^a   Diemer, Juergen ^b   Koch, Christoph ^b   Bolte, Gabriele ^c   Kiranoglu, Mandy ^c   Fromme, Hermann ^c   Nowak, Dennis ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerium; Environmental tobacco smoke; Indoor air; Lanthanum; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SAMPLING; ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN HEALTH; INDOOR AIR; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTHERN GERMANY; TRACE METAL;

CADMIUM; CERIUM; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SMOKE; TOBACCO; TRACE ELEMENTS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CERIUM; LANTHANUM; TRACE METAL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CADMIUM; CERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SMOKE; TOBACCO; TRACE METAL;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CADMIUM; CERIUM; GERMANY; HOUSING; HUMANS; LANTHANUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RESTAURANTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

GERMANY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84855548206     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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