… (from, e.g., costume, jewellery, piercing) or scents (e.g., terpenes in indoor air). Impact of noise on hearing loss, stress and sleeping disturbances. Irritation … eyes and the respiratory system due to formaldehyde, aldehydes, or VOC in indoor air. Associated content Documents Brief Study Description (186.35 kB) How pollutants …

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… the Emission Factors for Large Combustion Plants Impacts of Heavy Metal Emission on Air Quality and Ecosystems across Germany – Sources, Transport, Deposition and …

… mercury, creatinine; PCP (subsample, N=412), Cotinine (subsample, N=464) Scalp hair aluminium, arsenic, barium, boron, cadmium, calcium, copper, iron, lead, … iron, magnesium, manganese, sodium, strontium, zinc; nitrate, sulphate, chloride Reports Volume I Krause, C., M. Chutsch, M. Henke, M. Huber, C. Kliem, C. Schulz und …

… aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH, subsample, N=150 adults, N=668 children) Scalp hair aluminium, barium, boron, cadmium, calcium, chromium, copper, lead, magnesium, … iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, strontium, zinc Reports Volume Ia Krause, C., W. Babisch, K. Becker, W. Bernigau, K. Hoffmann, P. …

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… enter into the human organism through various exposure paths (for example: food or air). An interview with the mothers, relating, among other things, to the living … The field work was conducted by the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) (Department of Hygiene, Social and Environmental Medicine). This included the selection and …