Risk assessment related to atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in gas and particle phases near industrial sites

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1110-1116

  Ramírez, Noelia ^a   Cuadras, Anna ^b   Rovira, Enric ^b   Marcé, Rosa Maria ^a   Borrull, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality; Gas phase; Particulate phase; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INHALATION; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79961072852     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002855     Document Type: Article

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