Occupational health risk assessment and exposure to floor dust PAHs inside an educational building

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 579, Issue , 2017, Pages 1050-1056

  Maragkidou, Androniki ^a   Arar, Sharif ^b   Al Hunaiti, Afnan ^c   Ma, Yuning ^d   Harrad, Stuart ^d   Jaghbeir, Omar ^b   Faouri, Dina ^b   Hämeri, Kaarle ^a   Hussein, Tareq ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PETRA   (Jordan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indoor air pollution; Occupational exposure; PAHs; University floor dust

Indexed keywords

DUST; FLOORS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MACHINERY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK PERCEPTION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TOBACCO;

BENZO(A)PYRENE EQUIVALENT; EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; HEAVY MACHINERY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISK; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); TOBACCO SMOKING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; GLUE; LUBRICATING AGENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROCHEMICAL AGENT; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BUILDING; DUST; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARCINOGENICITY; COMBUSTION; DUST; EUROPE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INGESTION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNIVERSITY; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; JORDAN; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASIA; EUROPE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AIR POLLUTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; JORDAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS;

EID: 85007001598     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.055     Document Type: Article

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