Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban soils of the megacity Shanghai: Occurrence, source apportionment and potential human health risk

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-89

  Wang, Xue Tong ^a   Miao, Yi ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Li, Yuan Cheng ^a,b   Wu, Ming Hong ^a   Yu, Gang ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene equivalent (BaPeq); Human health risk; PAHs; PMF; Source apportionment; Surface soils

Indexed keywords

BENZO [A] PYRENE; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; PAHS; PMF; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SURFACE SOIL;

COAL COMBUSTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; ISOMERS; LEACHING; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TAR; WATER QUALITY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[RST]PENTAPHENE; CARCINOGEN; COAL; COKE; CREOSOTE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZO[A,E]PYRENE; DIBENZO[A,H]PYRENE; DIESEL FUEL; DRINKING WATER; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; GROUND WATER; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PETROLEUM; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; MEGACITY; PAH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

BENZO(A)PYRENE; CARCINOGENS; CHINA; CITIES; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84873580039     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.086     Document Type: Article

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