title: Particle exposure in a baroque church during Sunday Masses.
abstract: Particle concentrations were measured in a Baroque church during five Sunday Masses. The highest particle number and mass concentrations were observed when both candles and the incense were burned. They were respectively 16.8 and 14.3 times higher than outdoors for submicron particles. The exposure to particles experienced by the churchgoers, especially priests and church workers who participated in several Masses on that day, was considerably higher than the exposure experienced at the same time outdoors.
authors: Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, ul. Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland. Electronic address: b.polednik@wis.pol.lublin.pl.
authors: Bernard
authors: B
authors: Polednik
mesh_terms: D001108:Architecture; D002410:Catholicism; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis*; D011044:Poland
chemical_list: D052638:Particulate Matter
keywords: Church; Incense burning; Particle concentration; Particle exposure; Sunday Masses