Long-term trends (1990–2014), health risks, and sources of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the U.S.

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 220, Issue , 2017, Pages 1171-1179

  Liu, Bian ^a   Xue, Zhuqing ^b   Zhu, Xianlei ^c   Jia, Chunrong ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Long term; PAH; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Source

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIZATION; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FUELS; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCARBONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK PERCEPTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CANCER RISK; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; LONG-TERM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SOURCE; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[B]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZON[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3, CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; HEALTH RISK; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; MANAGEMENT; NEOPLASMS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL HEALTH; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; URBAN HEALTH;

UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR MODELS; NEOPLASMS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY MAKING; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84999779338     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.018     Document Type: Article

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