Occurrence, distribution, sources and toxic potential of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface soils from the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 496, Issue , 2014, Pages 471-478

  Bortey Sam, Nesta ^a   Ikenaka, Yoshinori ^a   Nakayama, Shouta M M ^a   Akoto, Osei ^b   Yohannes, Yared Beyene ^a   Baidoo, Elvis ^b   Mizukawa, Hazuki ^a   Ishizuka, Mayumi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Chemical mass balance; Diagnostic ratio; Kumasi; PAHs; Surface soil

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; KUMASI; PAHS; SURFACE SOIL;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; MASS BALANCE; PAH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURFACE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASHANTI; GHANA; KUMASI;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GHANA; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84905401921     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.071     Document Type: Article

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