Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban surface dust of Guangzhou, China: Status, sources and human health risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4519-4527

  Wang, Wei ^a   Huang, Min juan ^a   Kang, Yuan ^a   Wang, Hong sheng ^a   Leung, Anna O W ^a   Cheung, Kwai Chung ^a   Wong, Ming Hung ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composition profile; Health risk assessment; PAHs; Source analysis; Urban surface dust

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; COMPOSITION PROFILE; DUST SAMPLES; GUANGZHOU; GUANGZHOU , CHINA; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUNDS; HOTSPOTS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; KRIGING PREDICTION; PAHS; SOURCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH CHINA; TYPICAL URBAN; URBAN SURFACES; VEHICLE EMISSION;

COAL COMBUSTION; COAL DUST; HYDROCARBONS; IMAGE RECORDING; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH RISKS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; HEALTH RISK; PAH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHINA; CITIES; COAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 80052546524     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.07.030     Document Type: Article

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