Biomass fuels and coke plants are important sources of human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene and toluene

Environmental Research

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Fan, Ruifang ^a   Li, Junnan ^a   Chen, Laiguo ^b   Xu, Zhencheng ^b   He, Dechun ^b   Zhou, Yuanxiu ^a   Zhu, Yuanyuan ^c   Wei, Fusheng ^c   Li, Jihua ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

^d Qujing Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

8 hydroxy 2' deoxyguanosine; Benzene and toluene; Biomarker; Biomass fuel; Coke plant; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; BENZENE; COAL TAR; COKE; CREATININE; FUEL; NAPHTHALENE; NATURAL GAS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; TOLUENE; 8-OXO-7-HYDRODEOXYGUANOSINE; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOFUEL; DEOXYGUANOSINE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BENZENE; BIOFUELS; CHINA; COAL TAR; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TOLUENE;

EID: 84907476501     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.08.021     Document Type: Article

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