Coal-tar-based parking lot sealcoat: An unrecognized source of PAH to settled house dust

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 894-900

  Mahler, Barbara J ^a   Van Metre, Peter C ^a   Wilson, Jennifer T ^a   Musgrove, Marylynn ^a   Burbank, Teresa L ^b   Ennis, Thomas E ^c   Bashara, Thomas J ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Designs4Earth Inc   (United States)

^d Watershed Protection Department City of Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOUSE DUST; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; PARKING LOTS; PAVEMENT SURFACE; PRINCIPAL FACTORS;

APARTMENT HOUSES; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ASPHALT; COAL DUST; COAL TAR; LAND USE; PAVEMENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

PARKING;

ASPHALT; COAL TAR; CONCRETE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COAL TAR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; INDOOR AIR; LAND USE; PAH; PAVEMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSE DUST;

COAL TAR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HOUSING; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 75749127319     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902533r     Document Type: Article

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