Exposure assessment and distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contained in indoor and outdoor dusts and the impacts of particle size and bioaccessibility

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 1201-1209

  Wang, Wei ^a   Huang, Min Juan ^a   Zheng, Jin Shu ^a   Cheung, Kwai Chung ^a   Wong, Ming Hung ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bioaccessibility; Carcinogenic hazard (TEQ); Health risk assessment; Indoor and outdoor dust; Particle size fraction; Polychlorinated biphenyl

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION EFFECTS; BIOACCESSIBILITY; CARCINOGENIC HAZARD (TEQ); DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

BIOHAZARDS; DUST; HEALTH RISKS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; CARCINOGEN; PCB 101; PCB 105; PCB 118; PCB 119; PCB 123; PCB 128; PCB 138; PCB 144; PCB 151; PCB 156; PCB 167; PCB 168; PCB 18; PCB 28; PCB 37; PCB 44; PCB 49; PCB 52; PCB 70; PCB 74; PCB 77; PCB 81; PCB 87; PCB 99; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SIGMA DIOXIN LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARCINOGEN; DIOXIN; DUST; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POLLUTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHILD; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

BIOACCESSIBILITY; CARCINOGENIC HAZARD (TEQ); HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DUST; PARTICLE SIZE FRACTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883459892     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.059     Document Type: Article

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