A comparison of concentrations of polycyclic aromatic compounds detected in dust samples from various regions of the world

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 988-993

  Naspinski, Christine ^a   Lingenfelter, Rebecca ^a   Cizmas, Leslie ^a   Naufal, Ziad ^a   He, Ling Yu ^a   Islamzadeh, Arif ^b   Li, Zhiwen ^c   Li, Zhu ^c   McDonald, Thomas ^a   Donnelly, K C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c Sumgayit Centre for Environmental Rehabilitation   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Environmental health; Genotoxic; House dust; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; DUST; FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTH RISKS; HOUSES; HYDROCARBONS; RISK PERCEPTION;

CANCER; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENOTOXIC; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HOUSE DUST; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS);

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

FOSSIL FUEL; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CANCER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DUST; FOSSIL FUEL; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; AZERBAIJAN; CARCINOGENICITY; CHINA; CHINESE; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; AZERBAIJAN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SHANXI; SUMGAYIT; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WEST ASIA;

EID: 50649107048     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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