Incense, sparklers and cigarettes are significant contributors to indoor benzene and particle levels

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 28-33

  Tirler, Werner ^a   Settimo, Gaetano ^b  

^a Eco Research   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene; Incense; Indoor air quality; On line mass spectrometry; PM10

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; BENZENE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE; TOBACCO;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENZENE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84937231752     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_15_01_06     Document Type: Article

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