Cancer risk assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in former agricultural soils of Hong Kong

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 195, Issue , 2011, Pages 92-99

  Man, Yu Bon ^a,b   Lopez, Brenda Natalia ^b   Wang, Hong Sheng ^a,b   Leung, Anna Oi Wah ^b   Chow, Ka Lai ^a,b   Wong, Ming H ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Farm soils; Land use change; Lifetime cancer risk; PBDEs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; FARM SOILS; LAND USE CHANGE; PBDES; PCBS;

DISEASES; ETHERS; LAND USE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; WASTES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; LAND USE CHANGE; PBDE; PCB; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEALTH HAZARD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LAND USE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOXHLET EXTRACTION;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 80054098148     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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