Assessment of the levels of urinary 1-hydroxypyrene and air polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in PM2.5 for adult exposure to the petrochemical complex emissions

Environmental Research

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 219-226

  Yuan, Tzu Hsuen ^a   Shie, Ruei Hao ^a,b   Chin, Yu Yen ^a   Chan, Chang Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

1 Hydroxypyrene; Adult; Petrochemical industry; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; CREATININE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; 1-HYDROXYPYRENE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROLEUM; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; URINE;

MAILIAO; TAIWAN;

ADULT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES;

EID: 84911421259     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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