Correlation between the amounts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and mutagenicity of airborne particulate samples from Taichung City, Taiwan

Environmental Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-49

  Kuo, C Y ^a   Cheng, Y W ^a   Chen, C Y ^a   Lee, H ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airborne particulates; Mutagenicity; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PAH;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMES TEST; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MUTAGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

TAICHUNG CITY; TAIWAN;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031779390     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3838     Document Type: Article

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