Table 8 Range and geometric mean concentrations (ng/m3) of PAH compounds in a kitchen using a kerosene stove (Pandit et al. 2001)
From: Monitoring of environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a review
Compound | Indoor (I) | Outdoor (O) | Mean I/Oa |
|---|---|---|---|
Naphthalene | ND–183.5 (67.2) | ND–16.6 (6.4) | 10.5 |
Acenapthylene | 2.6–45.1 (28.8) | 0.6–16.5 (6.5) | 4.3 |
Acenepthene | 4.6–22.6 (14.1) | 4.6–18.2 (8.9) | 1.6 |
Fluorene | ND–13.6 (4.6) | 0.7–2.2 (1.2) | 3.8 |
Phenanthrene | ND–45.2 (10.3) | 1.0–2.2 (1.4) | 7.3 |
Anthracene | ND–9.8 (2.3) | 2.3–3.0 (2.8) | 0.8 |
Fluoranthene | 0.5–48.3 (16.1) | 1.4–6.1 (3.6) | 4.5 |
Pyrene | 1.4–45.5 (12.8) | 2.0–7.8 (4.5) | 2.8 |
Chrysene | 0.9–6.8 (2.0) | 0.3–1.1 (0.5) | 4.0 |
Benzo(a)anthracene | 1.1–9.7 (2.9) | 0.4–1.6 (0.8) | 3.6 |
Benzo(k)fluorenthene | 0.6–49.5 (16.9) | 0.5–5.4 (3.8) | 4.4 |
Benzo(a)Pyrene | ND–17.6 (6.9) | ND–2.0 (0.9) | 7.6 |
Total PAH | 25.3–373.9 (164.2) | 23.0–45.6 (36.7) | 4.5 |