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AUTHOR
Indelicato R.
Phthalate esters in indoor dust matter of Palermo (Italy) area. Extraction, GC-MS analysis
Indoor air is normally monitored using automatic. Consequently, the costs and difficulty in managing the monitoring of a great number of indoor environments appear immediately relevant. A practical problem in analyzing environmental contaminants is their very low concentration near or below the detectable analytical limits. In air, concentrations widely vary over time. Interpreting trace contaminants concentrations in air and predicting the threat they pose to human life under variable physical-chemical conditions are very difficult. The purpose of this work is to present a simple method to analyze phthalic esters in indoor dust, used as a passive sampler, because there is a correlation bet…
Phthalate esters (PEAs) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in indoor dust matter of Palermo (Italy) area. Extraction, GC-MS analysis
Studies on indoor pollution are important since people spend more than 80% of their time indoor environments. A variety of air pollutants, associated with volatile semi-volatile and particulate matter, are generated in indoor environment from human activities. Among the hazardous pollutants polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are important owing to their carcinogenicity and mutagenicity. Phthalates are introduced into the environment by anthropogenic sources. Phthalates with higher molecular weights are largely used as additives and plasticizers in plastic material (PVC), while those with lower molecular weights are components of solvents, adhesive, wax, ink, pharmaceutical products, et…