This review summarises literature concerned with the application of passive
dosimeters used for the estimation of the extent of pollution of outdoor and
indoor air by organic compounds. The effect of parameters such as temperature,
relative humidity, air movement, and fluctuation in the concentration of
the analytes during pre-concentration in two fundamental types of dosimeters
(diffusion and permeation devices) is discussed. Examples of the use of commercially
available dosimeters for air sampling combined with the simultaneous
enrichment of the analytes prior to their final determination by various
analytical techniques are given.
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