Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination of surface sediments and oysters from the inter-tidal areas of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-34

  Gaspare, Lydia ^a   Machiwa, John F ^a   Mdachi, S J M ^a   Streck, Georg ^b   Brack, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic risk; Equilibrium partitioning sediment benchmarks; Hazard assessment; Principle component analysis; Threshold effect levels

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; CURING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HAZARDS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CARCINOGENIC RISK; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING SEDIMENT BENCHMARKS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD EFFECT LEVELS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1 METHYL ANTHRACENE; 1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2 METHYL ANTHRACENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[ALPHA]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; TRIPHENYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BENCHMARKING; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CANCER; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEAFOOD; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OYSTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; TANZANIA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OSTREIDAE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TANZANIA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 56549093421     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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