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A review on the exposure to benzene among children in schools, preschools and daycare centres

Benzene, has been measured in indoor environments for many decades and has been identified to cause variety of health effects. As children spend most of their time indoors such as daycare centre, preschool and school, they are more likely to be exposed to indoor air pollutants. This paper was aimed...

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Main Authors: Jalaludin, Juliana, Junaidi, Ernie Syazween, Tueleka, Abdul Rohim
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Language:English
Published: Japan Society of Atmospheric Environment 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80480/1/BENZENE.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80480/
http://asianjae.org/xml/21027/21027.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.804802020-11-05T19:45:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80480/ A review on the exposure to benzene among children in schools, preschools and daycare centres Jalaludin, Juliana Junaidi, Ernie Syazween Tueleka, Abdul Rohim Benzene, has been measured in indoor environments for many decades and has been identified to cause variety of health effects. As children spend most of their time indoors such as daycare centre, preschool and school, they are more likely to be exposed to indoor air pollutants. This paper was aimed to evaluate 15 years(2003-2018) of investigations of exposure to benzene among children within indoor environments from worldwide studies. Among 24 papers evaluated, the most frequently studied environment was in primary school (54%) and the highest concentration of benzene was found in preschool at 148.0 μg/m3 in China. Benzene levels were found higher in indoors than outdoors for most of the studies. Active sampling techniques were used in 42% of studies that enable the determination of acute health effects on children during short period of exposure time. Based on the papers evaluated in this study, most of the children are exposed to the inadequate environment during their time spent in indoor environments, which is not in compliance with the established standard of exposure to benzene and may lead to the increase of potential health risk. Besides, differences in sampling techniques and durations make it hard to compare the outcomes of the studies with health-effects guidelines. The evaluation from this study indicated a diversity of sampling approaches and techniques, pointing to the importance of establishment of standard method for collecting and reporting data, for both exposure and health effects. Japan Society of Atmospheric Environment 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80480/1/BENZENE.pdf Jalaludin, Juliana and Junaidi, Ernie Syazween and Tueleka, Abdul Rohim (2019) A review on the exposure to benzene among children in schools, preschools and daycare centres. Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment, 13 (3). pp. 151-160. ISSN 1976-6912; ESSN: 2287-1160 http://asianjae.org/xml/21027/21027.pdf 10.5572/ajae.2019.13.3.151
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description Benzene, has been measured in indoor environments for many decades and has been identified to cause variety of health effects. As children spend most of their time indoors such as daycare centre, preschool and school, they are more likely to be exposed to indoor air pollutants. This paper was aimed to evaluate 15 years(2003-2018) of investigations of exposure to benzene among children within indoor environments from worldwide studies. Among 24 papers evaluated, the most frequently studied environment was in primary school (54%) and the highest concentration of benzene was found in preschool at 148.0 μg/m3 in China. Benzene levels were found higher in indoors than outdoors for most of the studies. Active sampling techniques were used in 42% of studies that enable the determination of acute health effects on children during short period of exposure time. Based on the papers evaluated in this study, most of the children are exposed to the inadequate environment during their time spent in indoor environments, which is not in compliance with the established standard of exposure to benzene and may lead to the increase of potential health risk. Besides, differences in sampling techniques and durations make it hard to compare the outcomes of the studies with health-effects guidelines. The evaluation from this study indicated a diversity of sampling approaches and techniques, pointing to the importance of establishment of standard method for collecting and reporting data, for both exposure and health effects.
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author Jalaludin, Juliana
Junaidi, Ernie Syazween
Tueleka, Abdul Rohim
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Junaidi, Ernie Syazween
Tueleka, Abdul Rohim
A review on the exposure to benzene among children in schools, preschools and daycare centres
author_facet Jalaludin, Juliana
Junaidi, Ernie Syazween
Tueleka, Abdul Rohim
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title A review on the exposure to benzene among children in schools, preschools and daycare centres
title_short A review on the exposure to benzene among children in schools, preschools and daycare centres
title_full A review on the exposure to benzene among children in schools, preschools and daycare centres
title_fullStr A review on the exposure to benzene among children in schools, preschools and daycare centres
title_full_unstemmed A review on the exposure to benzene among children in schools, preschools and daycare centres
title_sort review on the exposure to benzene among children in schools, preschools and daycare centres
publisher Japan Society of Atmospheric Environment
publishDate 2019
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80480/1/BENZENE.pdf
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