PM2.5-bound oxygenated PAHs, nitro-PAHs and parent-PAHs from the atmosphere of a Chinese megacity: Seasonal variation, sources and cancer risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 473-474, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-87

  Bandowe, Benjamin A Musa ^a   Meusel, Hannah ^a,b,c   Huang, Ru jin ^b,f   Ho, Kinfai ^d,e   Cao, Junji ^e   Hoffmann, Thorsten ^b   Wilcke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^f PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; China; Nitro PAHs; Oxygenated PAHs; PAHs

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DISEASES; EMISSION CONTROL; HEALTH RISKS; HEATING; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK PERCEPTION; WIND;

AIR PARTICULATE MATTERS; CANCER RISK; CANCER RISK ASSESSMENTS; CHINA; EMISSION CONTROL MEASURES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

1 INDANONE; 1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1 NAPHTHALDEHYDE; 1 NITRONAPHTHALENE; 1,4 NAPHTHALENEDIONE; 2 HYDROXYBIPHENYL; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2 NAPHTHOIC ACID; 2 NAPHTHOL; 2 NITROFLUORENE; 5 NITROACENAPHTHENE; 9 FLUORENOL; 9 FLUORENONE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BIPHENYL; CHRYSENE; CORONENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; NAPHTHALENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; MEGACITY; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WIND; WINTER;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

LAMPRIDIDAE;

CANCER RISK; CHINA; NITRO-PAHS; OXYGENATED PAHS; PAHS; PM(2.5);

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS;

EID: 84890808051     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.108     Document Type: Article

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