Size distribution and estimated carcinogenic potential of particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons collected at a downtown site in Kumamoto, Japan, in Spring

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 700-707

  Ji, Hezhe ^a   Zhang, Daizhou ^a   Shinohara, Ryota ^a  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic potential; Particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Size

Indexed keywords

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPRING;

EID: 36949032161     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.53.700     Document Type: Article

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