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Figure 5. Variation of the concentration of the phthalates detected in the air samples collected from (a) the bedroom and (b) the living room of the assessed houses [data are shown as average concentration of phthalates found monthly in the dwellings; *denote significant differences between the average phthalates in the two rooms based on paired t-test analysis of means (95% confidence level)]. DMP: Dimethyl phthalate; DEP: diethyl phthalate; DBP: dibutyl-phthalate; DIBP: di-isοbutyl-phthalate; DPP: dipentyl-phthalate; BBP: butyl benzyl phthalate; DEHP: di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate.