Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils from urban to rural areas in Nanjing: Concentration, source, spatial distribution, and potential human health risk

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 527-528, Issue , 2015, Pages 375-383

  Wang, Chun hui ^a   Wu, Shao hua ^a   Zhou, Sheng lu ^a   Wang, Hui ^b   Li, Bao jie ^a   Chen, Hao ^a   Yu, Yan na ^a   Shi, Ya xing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Health risk assessment; Kriging; PAHs; Positive matrix factorization; Urban soil

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COAL COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINES; FACTORIZATION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCARBONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREAS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; KRIGING; PAHS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY FACTORS; URBAN SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; COAL TAR; CREOSOTE; GASOLINE; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; COAL; COKE; EXHAUST GAS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; KRIGING; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; POLLUTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

BIOMASS; COAL; COKE; CREOSOTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBANIZATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84929339708     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.025     Document Type: Article

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