BTEX in indoor air of waterpipe cafés: Levels and factors influencing their concentrations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 524-525, Issue , 2015, Pages 347-353

  Hazrati, Sadegh ^a   Rostami, Roohollah ^b   Fazlzadeh, Mehdi ^a  

^a ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air quality; Benzene; EST; Ghalyun; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISEASES; ETHYLBENZENE; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK PERCEPTION; SMOKE; TOBACCO; VENTILATION; XYLENE;

GHALYUN; GUIDELINE LIMITS; HAZARD QUOTIENTS; ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NON-CANCER RISKS; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE; AIR POLLUTANT; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; PASSIVE SMOKING;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; BTEX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IRAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CATERING SERVICE; CITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO;

ARDABIL; IRAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRAN; RESTAURANTS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

EID: 84928154836     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.031     Document Type: Article

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