scholarly journals Evaluation of exposure reduction to indoor air pollution in stove intervention projects in Peru by urinary biomonitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 1157-1163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Li ◽  
Andreas Sjödin ◽  
Lovisa C. Romanoff ◽  
Kevin Horton ◽  
Christopher L. Fitzgerald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbon ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Exposure Reduction ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

scholarly journals Simultaneous Liquid Chromatographic Determination of 39 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Indoor and Outdoor Air and Application to a Survey on Indoor Air Pollution in Fuji, Japan

2002 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Ohura ◽  
Tomohiko Sugiyama ◽  
Takashi Amagai ◽  
Masahiro Fusaya ◽  
Hidetsuru Matsushita
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Chromatographic Determination ◽  
Outdoor Air ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor

Abstract An analytical method was established for the simultaneous determination of 39 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air. The method was applied to a survey of gaseous and particulate PAHs in household indoor air. The survey was performed in 21 houses in the summer of 1999 and in 20 houses in the winter of 1999–2000 in Fuji, Japan. Thirty-eight PAHs were determined in indoor and outdoor air in the summer, and 39 PAHs were determined in indoor and outdoor air in the winter. The concentrations of gaseous PAHs in indoor air tended to be higher than those in outdoor air in the summer and winter. The concentrations of particulate PAHs in indoor air were the same as or lower than those in outdoor air in the summer and winter. PAH profiles, correlations between PAH concentrations, and multiple regression analysis were used to determine the factors affecting the indoor PAH concentrations. These results showed that gaseous PAHs in indoor air were primarily from indoor emission sources, especially during the summer, and that indoor particulate PAH concentrations were significantly influenced by outdoor air pollution.

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