Research Article

Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality Assessment at School near the Steel Plant in Taranto (Italy)

Table 2

DRs range determined in literature and in this study.

BaP/ChryB(a)P/B(g)PIP/(IP + BgP)BaA/(BaA + Chry)

Traffic [34, 35]0.5–0.60.17 [35]
Diesel emissions0.45–0.83
Gasoline cars0.30–0.400.21–0.22 [33, 4043]0.76 [33, 45]

Lead smelter
(coke burning)
0.45 [36]0.36 [36, 38]

Coke combustion>0.35 [33, 45]≥1.25 [33, 37]0.33 [39]
Coal burning0.9–6.6 [38, 39] 0.56 [34, 38]0.27–0.65 [33, 45]
Wood combustion0.620.43 [33, 45]

This study’s
mean (min–mx)
1.06
(0.76–1.32)
0.64
(0.30–1.35)
0.45
(0.31–0.55)
0.41
(0.37–0.52)
Taranto,
outdoor [31]
0.77
(0.27–1.55)
0.47
(0.29–0.56)