Assessment of indoor exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for urban poor using various types of cooking fuels

Indoor exposure to PAHs was determined in 60 low-income households using various cooking fuels in Ahmedabad, India. The mean total suspended particulate levels in homes using cattle dung, wood, or a mixture of the two were higher than those in homes using coal, kerosene, or LPG. Indoor PAH levels we...

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Published in:Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 1993-05, Vol.50 (5), p.757-763
Main Authors: RAIYANI, C. V, JANI, J. P, DESAI, N. M, SHAH, S. H, SHAH, P. G, KASHYAP, S. K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
550100 - Behavioral Biology
552000 - Public Health
560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
AIR POLLUTION
Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis
AROMATICS
ASIA
BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Benz(a)Anthracenes - analysis
Benzo(a)pyrene - analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Chemical and industrial products toxicology. Toxic occupational diseases
CONDENSED AROMATICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
Environmental Exposure - analysis
FOOD PROCESSING
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
Gas, fumes
GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
HUMAN POPULATIONS
Humans
HYDROCARBONS
INDIA
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
LOW INCOME GROUPS
Medical sciences
MINORITY GROUPS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
Polycyclic Compounds - analysis
POPULATIONS
Poverty
PROCESSING
PYRENE
Pyrenes - analysis
RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT
Smoke
Toxicology
Urban Population
URBAN POPULATIONS
Wood
WOOD FUELS
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Summary:Indoor exposure to PAHs was determined in 60 low-income households using various cooking fuels in Ahmedabad, India. The mean total suspended particulate levels in homes using cattle dung, wood, or a mixture of the two were higher than those in homes using coal, kerosene, or LPG. Indoor PAH levels were higher in areas where cattle dung was burned alone or with wood relative to the use of wood alone. In comparing the levels of individual PAHs in homes using LPG as a yardstick, PAH levels in residences using biofuels were higher by a factor of five to 45, by a factor of two to ten in houses using coal and by a factor of one to seven in houses using kerosene.
ISSN:0007-4861
1432-0800
DOI:10.1007/bf00194673