Cancer risk evaluation of brick kiln workers exposed to dust bound PAHs in Punjab province (Pakistan)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 562-570

  Kamal, Atif ^a   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a   Martellini, Tania ^b   Cincinelli, Alessandra ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass smoke; Cancer risk; Exposure; PAHs; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; DUST; HEALTH RISKS; KILNS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREAS;

BIOMASS SMOKE; CANCER RISK; EXPOSURE; PAHS; PAKISTAN;

BRICK;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CORONENE; CRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACENAPHTHENE; COAL; INDENO(1,2,3,C,D)PYRENE; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST;

BIOMASS; CANCER; DUST; HEALTH RISK; INGESTION RATE; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; COAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BRICK KILN WORKER; CANCER RISK; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTION WORKER; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMAL CONTACT; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC INHALATION; WOOD DUST; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DUST; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; WOOD; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BUILDING MATERIAL; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRY; NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; GUJRANWALA; LAHORE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84903439474     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.140     Document Type: Article

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