Characterization and health risk assessment of VOCs in occupational environments in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 440-447

  Colman Lerner, J E ^a,b   Sanchez, E Y ^a   Sambeth, J E ^b   Porta, A A ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Health risk assessment; Indoor air quality; Monitoring; Recovery factor; VOCs

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGIES; ANALYTES; BUENOS AIRES , ARGENTINA; CANCER RISK; CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; CYCLO-ALKANES; DETECTION LIMITS; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; N-ALKANES; N-HEXANE; OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PAINTING CENTERS; PASSIVE DIFFUSIONS; RECOVERY FACTORS; SMALL ENTERPRISE; STANDARD DEVIATION; VOCS; WORKER PROTECTION;

ANESTHETICS; BENZENE; DESORPTION; DICHLOROMETHANE; FADING (RADIO); HEALTH RISKS; HEXANE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRY; KETONES; LABORATORIES; METHANOL; MONITORING; OLEFINS; PAINT; PARAFFINS; PHOTOCOPYING; RECOVERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

REPAIR;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLOROFORM; CYCLOALKANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; KETONE; METHANOL; PAINT; TERPENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANCER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MONITOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

EID: 84859931904     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.03.041     Document Type: Article

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