Personal exposure of primary school children to BTEX, NO2 and ozone in Eskişehir, Turkey: Relationship with indoor/outdoor concentrations and risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 473-474, Issue , 2014, Pages 537-548

  Demirel, Gülçin ^a,b   Özden, Özlem ^a   Döǧeroǧlu, Tuncay ^a   Gaga, Eftade O ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BTEX; Indoor pollutants; Ozone; Personal exposure; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS; VAPORS;

BTEX; ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKES; INDOOR POLLUTANTS; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN; SOLVENT-BASED PRODUCTS;

URBAN GROWTH;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; TOBACCO SMOKE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BTEX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLER; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROENVIRONMENT; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLVENT EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION;

ESKISEHIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

BTEX; INDOOR POLLUTANTS; NO(2); OZONE; PERSONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENZENE; CHILD; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TOLUENE; TURKEY; XYLENES;

EID: 84891647919     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.034     Document Type: Article

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