Coking wastewater treatment plant as a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the atmosphere and health-risk assessment for workers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 432, Issue , 2012, Pages 396-403

  Zhang, Wanhui ^a,c   Wei, Chaohai ^a,b   Feng, Chunhua ^b   Yan, Bo ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Peng, Pingan ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Coking WWTP; Health risk; Inhalation exposure; PAHs

Indexed keywords

AERATION TANKS; COKING WASTEWATER; DE-GREASING; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH WATER; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; NEW SOURCES; PAH EXPOSURE; PAHS; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); REFERENCE SITES; SECONDARY CLARIFIER; TOTAL CONTENT;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CLARIFIERS; COAL COMBUSTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE TANKS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

HEALTH RISKS;

COAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

CANCER; COAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INHALATION; LUNG CANCER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHINA; COKE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84863186147     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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