Spatial and temporal variations in atmospheric VOCs, NO2, SO2, and O3 concentrations at a heavily industrialized region in Western Turkey, and assessment of the carcinogenic risk levels of benzene

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-113

  Civan, Mihriban Yilmaz ^a   Elbir, Tolga ^b   Seyfioglu, Remzi ^b   Kuntasal, Öznur Oğuz ^c   Bayram, Abdurrahman ^b   Doğan, Güray ^c   Yurdakul, Sema ^c   Andiç, Özgün ^b   Müezzinoğlu, Aysen ^b   Sofuoglu, Sait C ^d   Pekey, Hakan ^a   Pekey, Beyhan ^a   Bozlaker, Ayse ^e   Odabasi, Mustafa ^b   Tuncel, Gürdal ^c  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic risk; Inorganic pollutants; Passive sampling; PMF; Spatial and temporal distribution; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; BENZENE REFINING; DISEASES; DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GAS PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PETROCHEMICALS; REFINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEELMAKING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARCINOGENIC RISK; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PASSIVE SAMPLING; PMF; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

HEALTH RISKS;

BENZENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISTILLATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INHALATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION; SUMMER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WINTER;

TURKEY;

EID: 84918777434     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.12.031     Document Type: Article

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