Ecological and human health hazards of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in road dust of Isfahan metropolis, Iran

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 712-723

  Soltani, Naghmeh ^a   Keshavarzi, Behnam ^a   Moore, Farid ^a   Tavakol, Tahereh ^a   Lahijanzadeh, Ahmad Reza ^b   Jaafarzadeh, Nemat ^c   Kermani, Maryam ^d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Khuzestan Environmental Protection Office   (Iran)

^c AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Isfahan Environmental Protection Office   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Isfahan; PAHs; Road dust

Indexed keywords

ISFAHAN; PAHS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); ROAD DUSTS;

HEAVY METALS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COAL; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; ZINC; DUST; POLLUTANT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IRAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD DUST; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; CITY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ESFAHAN [IRAN]; IRAN;

ADULT; CHILD; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; IRAN; METALS, HEAVY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84908626243     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.097     Document Type: Article

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