Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons study and toxic equivalency factor (TEFs) in Tehran, IRAN

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 303-311

  Halek, F ^a   Nabi, Gh ^b   Kavousi, A ^a  

^a MATERIALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

BaP; PAHs; TEFs; Toxic compounds; Urban aerosol; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AIRBORNE PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATES; BENZO[A]PYRENE (BAP); COMBUSTION SOURCES; HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT (HRA); PAHS UPTAKE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); TEHRAN , IRAN; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY FACTOR; TOXIC POLLUTANTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

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

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PAH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENICITY; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INHALATION; IRAN; LUNG CANCER; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; IRAN; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN;

EID: 47349086245     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9983-9     Document Type: Article

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