Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Size distribution, estimation of their risk and their depositions to the human respiratory tract

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 340, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 71-80

  Kameda, Yutaka ^a   Shirai, Junko ^a   Komai, Takeshi ^b   Nakanishi, Junko ^b   Masunaga, Shigeki ^a  

^a Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; Deposition model; High molecular polyaromatic hydrocarbons; Risk indicator; Unit risk

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DEPOSITION; PULMONARY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIZE DETERMINATION; TUMORS;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; LUNG CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZO[A,E]PYRENE; DIBENZO[A,H]PYRENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PERYLENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; HEALTH RISK; PAH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; WINTER;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 14844353601     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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