Summer and winter variations of BTEX concentrations in an oil refinery complex and health risk assessment based on Monte-Carlo simulations

Abstract The summer and winter concentrations of BTEX pollutants were investigated in various workplaces of an oil Refinery, Iran. In total 252 air samples from the breathing zones of the following employees were collected: supervisors, safetymen, repairmen, site men, and all workers. Carcinogenic a...

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Main Authors: Amir Hossein Khoshakhlagh, Saeid Yazdanirad, Mahdi Mousavi, Agnieszka Gruszecka-Kosowska, Mehran Shahriyari, Hassan Rajabi-Vardanjani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37647-3