Solvent extracted organic matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons distributed in size-segregated airborne particles in a zone of México City: Seasonal behavior and human exposure

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-130

  Amador Muñoz, Omar ^a   Villalobos Pietrini, Rafael ^a   Agapito Nadales, Ma Cristina ^a   Munive Colín, Zenaida ^a   Hernández Mena, Leonel ^b   Sánchez Sandoval, Magdalena ^a   Gómez Arroyo, Sandra ^a   Bravo Cabrera, José Luis ^a   Guzmán Rincón, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ASISTENCIA EN TECNOLOGÍA Y DISEÑO DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Airborne particles; Mexico City; Organic matter; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Toxic equivalent factors

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIZATION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DROUGHT; HYDROCARBONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OILS AND FATS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRBORNE PARTICULATE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; CARCINOGENIC POTENCY; CARCINOGENIC PROPERTIES; MEXICO CITY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH); TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLVENT; TOXICITY;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; MEXICO; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 71049195434     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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