Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) at traffic and urban background sites of northern Greece: source apportionment of ambient PAH levels and PAH-induced lung cancer risk

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 3556-3568

  Manoli, Evangelia ^a   Kouras, Athanasios ^a   Karagkiozidou, Olga ^a   Argyropoulos, Georgios ^a   Voutsa, Dimitra ^a   Samara, Constantini ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

BaP; Chemical Mass Balance; Inhalation cancer risk; PM10; PM2.5; Wood burning

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; HEALTH RISK; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PYRENE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN SITE; WOOD;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EXHAUST GAS; EXPOSURE; GREECE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RISK; SEASON; TOXICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; GREECE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84958763457     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5573-5     Document Type: Article

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