Mutagenic and carcinogenic hazards of settled house dust I: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content and excess lifetime cancer risk from preschool exposure

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1747-1753

  Maertens, Rebecca M ^a   Yang, Xiaofeng ^a   Zhu, Jiping ^a   Gagne, Rémi W ^a   Douglas, George R ^a   White, Paul A ^a  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARCINOGENIC HAZARDS; VACUUM CLEANING FREQUENCY;

DUST;

CARCINOGEN; MUTAGENIC AGENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; DUST; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANCER; CARCINOGEN; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENICITY; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARCINOGENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASMS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 40949129148     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702449c     Document Type: Article

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