Small scale spatial gradients of outdoor and indoor benzene in proximity of an integrated steel plant

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 553, Issue , 2016, Pages 524-531

  Licen, Sabina ^a   Tolloi, Arianna ^a   Briguglio, Sara ^a   Piazzalunga, Andrea ^b   Adami, Gianpiero ^a   Barbieri, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Water and Life Lab   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Benzene; BTEX passive sampler; Coke oven batteries; Indoor air quality; Small scale spatial gradients

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; COKE OVENS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; STEEL METALLURGY; STEELMAKING; TOLUENE;

BENZENE CONCENTRATION; COKE OVEN BATTERIES; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MONITORING STATIONS; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; SPATIAL GRADIENTS;

BENZENE;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE; AIR POLLUTANT; STEEL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CARCINOGEN; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; METALS INDUSTRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; ITALY; OUTDOOR AIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STEEL PLANT; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METALLURGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ITALY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENZENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; METALLURGY; STEEL;

EID: 84959378014     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.071     Document Type: Article

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