Concentrations, source and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils from Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Yuyi ^a   Woodward, Lee Ann ^b   Li, Qing X ^c   Wang, Jun ^a,c  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXTRACTION; HEALTH HAZARD; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL;

CARCINOGENS; HAWAII; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84899885561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086441     Document Type: Article

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