Risk assessment of the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coastal areas of Thailand affected by the 2004 tsunami

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 370-378

  Pongpiachan, S ^a   Tipmanee, D ^b   Deelaman, W ^c   Muprasit, J ^c   Feldens, P ^d   Schwarzer, K ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Risk assessment; Soil cleanup target level (SCTL); Total toxic benzo a pyrene equivalent; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

BENZO [A] PYRENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE(B[A]P); CANCER RISK LEVEL; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); RIVERINE SEDIMENTS; TARGET LEVELS; TERRESTRIAL SOILS;

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARCINOGENS; PYRENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TSUNAMIS;

SEDIMENTS;

ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

CARCINOGEN; CLEANUP; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TSUNAMI;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOIL CLEANUP TARGET LEVEL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; THAILAND; TSUNAMI;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; KHAO LAK; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHANGNGA; SANTA PONSA BAY; SOUTHERN REGION; SPAIN; THAILAND;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CLEANUP TARGET LEVEL (SCTL); TOTAL TOXIC BENZO[A]PYRENE EQUIVALENT; TSUNAMI;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; THAILAND; TSUNAMIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84886094383     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.07.052     Document Type: Article

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