Presence of PAHs in water and sediments of the Colombian Cauca River during heavy rain episodes, and implications for risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 540, Issue , 2016, Pages 455-465

  Sarria Villa, Rodrigo ^a   Ocampo Duque, William ^b   Páez, Martha ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cauca River; El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Flooding; Human health risks; PAHs; Pollution; Sediments

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODS; HEALTH RISKS; NICKEL; OIL WELL FLOODING; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER RESOURCES;

ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA; CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS; ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RAIN; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOODING; HEALTH RISK; PAH; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EL NINO; FLOODING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SWIMMING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

CAUCA RIVER; COLOMBIA;

COLOMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84945284368     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.020     Document Type: Article

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