Health risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via fish consumption in Haimen bay (China), downstream of an e-waste recycling site (Guiyu)

Environmental Research

Volumn 147, Issue , 2016, Pages 233-240

  Shi, Jingchun ^a   Zheng, Gene Jin Shu ^b   Wong, Ming Hung ^c   Liang, Hong ^a   Li, Yuelin ^a   Wu, Yinglin ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Liu, Wenhua ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Institute of Education   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

E waste; Excess cancer risks; Guiyu; PAH profiles; Source identification

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; NAPHTHALENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER RISK; CHINA; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FISH; FISH CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RIVER RUNOFF; RUNOFF; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUIYU; HAIMEN BAY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FISHES; FOOD PREFERENCES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84958239168     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.01.036     Document Type: Article

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