Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in road dust over Greater Cairo, Egypt

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 247-254

  Hassanien, Mahmoud A ^a   Abdel Latif, Nasser M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic components; Greater Cairo; PAHs; Potential risk; Road dust

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; NAPHTHALENE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARCINOGENIC COMPONENTS; GREATER CAIRO; POTENTIAL RISK; ROAD DUST;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CARCINOGENS; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARCINOGEN; DUST; PAH; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; DUST; EGYPT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

DUST; EGYPT; MOTOR VEHICLES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

AFRICA; CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 38349056855     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.05.079     Document Type: Article

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