Carcinogenic and mutagenic risk associated to airborne particle-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: A source apportionment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 375-382

  Masiol, Mauro ^a   Hofer, Angelika ^a   Squizzato, Stefania ^a   Piazza, Rossano ^a   Rampazzo, Giancarlo ^a   Pavoni, Bruno ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Cancer risk assessment; Mutagenic equivalent factors; PAHs; Toxic equivalent factors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CANCER RISK ASSESSMENTS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DOMESTIC HEATING; EMISSION SOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; HUMAN HEALTH; LARGE CITIES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUTAGENIC EQUIVALENT FACTORS; NORTHERN ITALY; PAH MIXTURES; PAHS; RECEPTOR MODEL; REGIONAL AIR POLLUTION; RISK APPORTIONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; STUDY AREAS; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ; URBAN BACKGROUND;

AEROSOLS; HEALTH RISKS; LINEAR REGRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CARCINOGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEATING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUTAGENICITY; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEATING; ITALY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 84864115746     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.073     Document Type: Article

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