PAHs in indoor dust samples in Shanghai's universities: Levels, sources and human exposure

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 587-596

  Peng, Huan ^a   Yang, Yi ^a   Liu, Min ^a   Zhou, John L ^b  

^a East China Normal University   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human exposure; Indoor dust; PAHs; Source

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; PAH; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARCINOGENS; CHINA; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITIES;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84865424991     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-012-9456-0     Document Type: Article

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