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Toxicol Lett

Title:		Personal air exposures and breath concentrations of benzene and other volatile hydrocarbons for smokers and nonsmokers
Author(s):		Wallace LA; Pellizzari ED;
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Journal Title:		Toxicol Lett
Year:		1987
Volume:		35
Issue:		1
Page Number:		113 - 116
DOI:		10.1016/0378-4274(87)90094-4
ISSN/ISBN:		0378-4274 (Print) 0378-4274 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Personal air exposures and exhaled breath concentrations of 20 volatile organic compounds were measured for 198 smokers and 322 non-smokers in 5 U.S. cities (1980-84). Smokers showed significantly increased breath concentrations of six hydrocarbons: benzene, styrene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene, m + p-xylene, and octane. Homes with smokers had higher indoor air concentrations of the same compounds than homes without smokers during fall and winter. Passive smokers exposed at work had significantly higher levels of benzene and other aromatics in their breath than unexposed non-smokers"
Keywords:		Air Pollutants/metabolism Benzene/*metabolism Benzene Derivatives/metabolism Environmental Exposure Humans Hydrocarbons/*metabolism Octanes/metabolism *Smoking Styrene Styrenes/metabolism Tobacco Smoke Pollution/*adverse effects Xylenes/metabolism;
Notes:		"MedlineWallace, L A Pellizzari, E D eng Netherlands 1987/01/01 Toxicol Lett. 1987 Jan; 35(1):113-6. doi: 10.1016/0378-4274(87)90094-4"