PAHs in the urban air of Sarajevo: Levels, sources, day/night variation, and human inhalation risk

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1409-1419

  De Pieri, Silvia ^a   Arruti, Axel ^b   Huremovic, Jasna ^c   Sulejmanovic, Jasmina ^c   Selovic, Alisa ^c   Dordević, Dragana ^d   Fernández Olmo, Ignacio ^b   Gambaro, Andrea ^a,e  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human inhalation risk; PAHs; Particulate matter; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DAYTIME CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS; PAHS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); URBAN ATMOSPHERES; URBAN POLLUTIONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

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

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS; HUMAN; INHALATION; SOLID; URBAN AREA;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; SARAJEVO;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84895782143     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3463-1     Document Type: Article

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