Concentrations in the showrooms were on average 12 times higher than the ambient concentration around the showrooms and 10 times higher than the concentrations measured in the private houses of the vendors. Benzene concentrations inside the showrooms ranged from 11 to 93.2 μg/m(3). The personal exposure concentrations of the vendors reached time-weighted levels up to 57.3 μg/m(3) with minimum values around 10 μg/m(3). The results of the study show the significant contributing factor of work place emissions on the vendors' overall exposure load.