Effects of urbanization on gaseous and particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in a coastal city, China: levels, sources, and health risks

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 14919-14931

  Hong, Youwei ^a,b   Chen, Jinsheng ^a   Zhang, Fuwang ^c   Zhang, Han ^a   Xu, Lingling ^a   Yin, Liqian ^a   Chen, Yanting ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Environmental Monitoring Center of Fujian   (China)

Author keywords

Gas particle distribution; PAHs; PCBs; Sources; Toxicological equivalent; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEALTH RISK; PAH; PCB; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXICOLOGY; TREND ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; FUJIAN; XIAMEN;

AIR POLLUTANT; BENZO[A]PYRENE; EXHAUST GAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHINA; CITY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CHINA; CITIES; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBANIZATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84943198161     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4616-2     Document Type: Article

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