A combined approach to the evaluation of organic air pollution -A case study of urban air in Sarajevo and Tuzla(Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 182-193

  Skarek M ^a   Cupr P ^a   Bartos T ^a   Kohoutek, J ^a   Klanova J ^a   Holoubek, I ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bioassay; Genotoxicity; PAHs; Urban air

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; HEALTH HAZARDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISKS; TOXICITY;

GENOTOXICITY; URBAN AIR;

AIR POLLUTION;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOASSAY; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CARCINOGENICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; GENETIC RISK; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SOS CHROMOTEST; TOXICITY TESTING;

AIR POLLUTION; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; SARAJEVO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY; TUZLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34250188943     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.040     Document Type: Article

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