High levels of 1-hydroxypyrene and hydroxyphenanthrenes in urine of children and adults from Afghanistan

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-51

  Hemat, Hamayon ^a   Wittsiepe, Jürgen ^a   Wilhelm, Michael ^a   Müller, Johannes ^b   Göen, Thomas ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 hydroxypyrene; Afghanistan; burning of biomass fuels; human biomonitoring; hydroxyphenanthrenes; PAH

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; 1-HYDROXYPYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COTININE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SMOKE; STATISTICS; URINE;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COTININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENANTHRENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84355162173     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2011.33     Document Type: Article

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