Table 6.
Comparison of presented results of PAHs in the filters from personal air samplers with other studies
| Country | Population group | Number of samples | Unit | Sampling period | BaP (ng/m3) | ΣPAHs (ng/m3) | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | Bus garage workers | 5 air samples from each worker (n = 22) per season | Arithmetic mean | Winter | 2.9 (ND–60) | 25 (ND–494)c | FL, PHE, AN, FLA, PY, BaA, CHR, BbF, BkF, BaP, DBahA, BghiP and IP | Kuusimaki et al. 2003 |
| Summer | 0.6 (ND–8.9) | 8.5 (ND–46)c | ||||||
| Italy | Asphalt workers (AW) and roadside construction workers (CW) | AW = 100 | Median (min–max) | Spring–Summer | AW = 0.33 (< 0.03–40.25) | AW = 607 (127–2973)a | NAP, AC, FL, PHE, AN, FLA, PY, BaA, CHR, BbF, BkF, BaP, DBahA, BghiP and IP | Campo et al. 2006 |
| CW = 47 | CW = 0.61 (0.04–2.71) | CW = 405 (157–940)a | ||||||
| China—Haidian District | Traffic police officers | 3 air samples per day (10 days in total) | Mean | Winter | 51.9 | 4300b and 750c | NAP, ACL, AC, FL, PHE, AN, FLA, PY, BaA, CHR, BbF, BkF, BaP, DBahA, BghiP and IP | Liu et al. 2007 |
| China—Taianjin | Traffic policemen | 10 | Mean | Summer | 26.2 | 867.5a | FL, PHE, AN, FLA, PY, BaA, CHR, BbF, BkF, BaP, DBahA, BghiP and IP | Hu et al. 2007 |
| China | Rural home with biomass fuelled cooking: cooking person (CP) + control group in the house (CG) | 24 | Mean | Winter | CP = 190 and CG = 46 | CP = 1610 and CG = 684c | ACL, AC, FL, PHE, AN, FLA, PY, BaA, CHR, BbF, BkF, BaP, DBahA, BghiP and IP | Ding et al. 2012 |
| Summer | CP = 1.2 and CG = 1.3 | n.s | ||||||
| China—Taiyuan | Volunteers from rural (RA) and urban areas (UA) | 126 | Median (interquartile range) | Heating season | RA = 30.8 (12.3–48.3) and UA = 18.9 (11.5–35) | RA = 770 (504–1071) and UA = 695 (540–1051)a | ACL, AC, FL, PHE, AN, FLA, PY, BaA, CHR, BbF, BkF, BaP, DBahA, BghiP and IP | Duan et al. 2014 |
| Non-heating season | RA = 0.101 (0.0913–1.86) and UA = 8.26 (4.74–13.7) | RA = 312 (201–412) and UA = 404 (266–544)a | ||||||
| Czech Republic | Police officers from three different localities: Ceske Budejovice (CB), Prague (PR) and Ostrava (OS) | 259 | Median (interquartile range) | February–March | CB = 0.165 (0.0250–0.634), PR = 0.200 (0.0813–0.472) and OS = 0.287 (0.121–1.13) | CB = 1.19 (0.470–4.25), PR = 1.89 (0.718–3.85) and OS = 2.65 (1.43–8.15)c | PHE, AN, FLA, PY, BcFL BaA, CPP, CHR, 5MC, BbF, BkF, BjF, BaP, IP DBahA, BghiP, DBaIP, DBaeP, DBaiP, DBahP | Presented study |
| September–October | CB = 0.199 (0.0687–0.855), PR = 0.563 (0.178–1.25) and OS = 0.110 (0.0250–0.508) | CB = 1.73 (0.496–6.52), PR = 4.23 (1.47–9.09) and OS = 1.09 (0.427–4.18)c | ||||||
ND not detected
aGaseous and particulate phase
bGaseous phase
cParticulate phase
Abbreviations of analytes: fluorene (FL), naphthalene (NAP), acenaphthene (AC), acenaphthylene (ACL), phenanthrene (PHE), anthracene (AN), fluoranthene (FLA), pyrene (PY), benzo[a]anthracene (BaA), chrysene (CHR), benzo[b]fluoranthene (BbF), benzo[k]fluoranthene (BkF), benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), dibenzo[a,h]anthracene (DBahA), indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene (IP), benzo[g,h,i]perylene (BghiP), benzo[c]fluorene (BcFL), cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene (CPP), 5-methylchrysene (5MCH), benzo[j]fluoranthene (BjF), dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DBalP), dibenzo[a,e]pyrene (DBaeP), dibenzo[a,i]pyrene (DBaiP), dibenzo[a,h]pyrene (DBahP)