| Title: | Monitoring of indoor volatile organic compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons arising from kerosene cooking fuel |
| Author(s): | Pandit GG; Srivastava PK; Rao AM; |
| Address: | "Environmental Assessment Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India. ggp@apsara.barc.ernet.in" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0048-9697(01)00763-x |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0048-9697 (Print) 0048-9697 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Air samples, representing indoor environments of a kitchen in which a kerosene stove was used were collected and analysed for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) viz., n-hexane, benzene, heptane, toluene, p- and o-xylene and n-decane using a cryogenic preconcentration system and a gas chromatograph with a flame-ionisation detector. Simultaneous outdoor samples were also collected to determine indoor to outdoor (I/O) ratios for each compound. Reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with ultra violet absorption detection was optimised for separation and quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air particulate matter. Concentration of total suspended particulate matter (TSPM), benzene soluble organics and the PAHs in air samples collected in indoor environment of some tenements at Trombay, Mumbai where kerosene is used as cooking fuel are discussed in relation to the concentration of the same in outdoor environment in vicinity of the tenement. VOCs and PAHs results from samples collected in kitchens in Trombay are discussed in relation to indoor air pollution" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollution, Indoor/*analysis Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid *Cooking Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Humans Incineration *Kerosene Organic Chemicals/analysis Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*analysis Volatiliz;" |
| Notes: | "MedlinePandit, G G Srivastava, P K Rao, A M eng Netherlands 2001/11/20 Sci Total Environ. 2001 Nov 12; 279(1-3):159-65. doi: 10.1016/s0048-9697(01)00763-x" |
