Investigation of levels in ambient air near sources of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Kanpur, India, and risk assessment due to inhalation

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Goel, Anubha ^a,b   Upadhyay, Kritika ^a   Chakraborty, Mrinmoy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Aroclor; Cancer risk; Dioxin; Homologue distribution; PCBs; Phase distribution; POP

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISEASES; FLAME RETARDANTS; HEALTH RISKS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLVENTS; URBAN GROWTH;

AROCLORS; CANCER RISK; DIOXIN; HOMOLOGUE DISTRIBUTION; PHASE DISTRIBUTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DECACHLORINATED BIPHENYL; DICHLORINATED BIPHENYL; DIOXIN; HEPTACHLORINATED BIPHENYL; HEXACHLORINATED BIPHENYL; MONOCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; NONCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; OCTACHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PENTACHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TETRACHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRICHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AMBIENT AIR; CANCER; DIOXIN; HEALTH RISK; PCB; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL LIFETIME CANCER RISK; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INHALATION; LIFETIME AVERAGE DAILY DOSE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; SUMMER; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; KANPUR; UTTAR PRADESH;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; INHALATION EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84962915397     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5280-9     Document Type: Article

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