Time trends of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure in New York city from 2001 to 2012: Assessed by repeat air and urine samples

Environmental Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-103

  Jung, Kyung Hwa ^a   Liu, Bian ^a   Lovinsky Desir, Stephanie ^a   Yan, Beizhan ^b   Camann, David ^c   Sjodin, Andreas ^d   Li, Zheng ^d   Perera, Frederica ^e   Kinney, Patrick ^e   Chillrud, Steven ^b   Miller, Rachel L ^a,e  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Heating oil combustion; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Repeat exposure; Temporal variations; Trafficemission; Urinary metabolites

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; 1 METHYLPHENANTHRENE; 1,7 DIMETHYLPHENANTHRENE; 2 METHYLPHENANTHRENE; 2 NAPHTHOL; 3 METHYLPHENANTHRENE; 3,6 DIMETHYLPHENANTHRENE; 9 METHYLPHENANTHRENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BLACK CARBON; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; INDENO [1,2,3 C,D]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; HEATING; METABOLITE; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; PYRENE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TREND ANALYSIS; URINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

HEATING OIL COMBUSTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REPEAT EXPOSURE; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; TRAFFICEMISSION; URINARY METABOLITES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84897511621     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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