Stockholm Convention organochlorine pesticides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Hong Kong air

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 714-719

  Choi, M P K ^a   Kang, Y H ^b   Peng, X L ^a   Ng, K W ^c   Wong, M H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Organochlorine pesticides; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Seasonal variation; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIZATION; DISEASES; MINERAL OILS; NAPHTHALENE; PESTICIDES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK PERCEPTION;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CANCER RISK; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PETROGENIC SOURCES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ALDRIN; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; FLUORENE; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MIREX; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PESTICIDE; PHENANTHRENE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONG KONG; ISOMER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; NEW TERRITORIES; TSUEN WAN; YUEN LONG SAN HUI;

EID: 70350538947     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.08.039     Document Type: Article

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