Determination of ambient air concentrations and personal exposure risk levels of outdoor workers to carbonyl compounds and BTEX in the inner city of Bangkok, Thailand

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 268-277

  Kanjanasiranont, Navaporn ^a   Prueksasit, Tassanee ^a   Morknoy, Daisy ^b   Tunsaringkarn, Tanasorn ^a   Sematong, Saowanee ^a   Siriwong, Wattasit ^a   Zapaung, Kalaya ^a   Rungsiyothin, Anusorn ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Department of Environmental Quality Promotion   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bangkok; BTEX; Carbonyl compounds; Health risk assessment; Outdoor workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995766495     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2015.10.008     Document Type: Article

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