Monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and water-extractable phenols in creosotes and creosote-treated woods made and procurable in Japan

Chemosphere

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1279-1287

  Ikarashi, Yoshiaki ^a   Kaniwa, Masa Aki ^a   Tsuchiya, Toshie ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Creosote; GC MS; Phenols; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Wood preservative

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHENOLS; SPECTROMETRY; WOOD PRESERVATION;

CREOSOTE COMPOUNDS; EXTERIOR WOOD; SKIN IRRITATION; WATER-EXTRACTABLE PHENOLS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; CARCINOGEN; CREOSOTE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLUORANTHENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

CREOSOTE; HEALTH RISK; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPEAN UNION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; WOOD;

CARCINOGENS; CORRELATION; CREOSOTE; DISEASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; PHENOLS; SPECTROSCOPY; WOOD PRESERVATION;

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

EID: 22044446778     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.01.054     Document Type: Article

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