Do the VOCs that evaporate from a heavily polluted river threaten the health of riparian residents?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4524-4531

  Juang, Der Fong ^a   Lee, Chao Hsien ^a   Chen, Wei Chin ^b   Yuan, Chung Shin ^b  

^a MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carcinogen; Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Morbidity rate; River water; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS; MORBIDITY RATE; RIVER WATER; VOCS; VOLATILE ORGANIC;

CARCINOGENS; DISEASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCARBONS; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; RIVER POLLUTION; SURVEYS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

RIVERS;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,1,2 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2 DICHLOROPROPANE; 1,2,3 TRICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2,4 TRICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,3,5 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE; BROMOBENZENE; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; CHLOROBENZENE; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DIBROMOMETHANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; META XYLENE; NAPHTHALENE; PARA XYLENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROPROPYLENE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; AIR POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARCINOGEN; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE INCIDENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MORBIDITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVAPORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; ROC CURVE; SEASONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING;

EID: 77955920493     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.039     Document Type: Article

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