Health risk assessment for traffic policemen exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Tianjin, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 382, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 240-250

  Hu, Yandi ^a   Bai, Zhipeng ^a   Zhang, Liwen ^a   Wang, Xue ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Yu, Qingchan ^a   Zhu, Tan ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Exposure; PAHs; Risk assessment; Traffic policemen

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTERSECTIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERSONNEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

PERSONAL EXPOSURE LEVELS; PERSONAL EXPOSURE MONITORS (PEM); TRAFFIC POLICEMEN; VEHICLE FLOWS;

HEALTH RISKS;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH; POLICE FORCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARCINOGENS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIANJIN;

EID: 34250637151     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.04.038     Document Type: Article

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