Source-specific lung cancer risk assessment of ambient PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in central Tehran

Environment International

Volumn 120, Issue , 2018, Pages 321-332

  Taghvaee, Sina ^a   Sowlat, Mohammad H ^a   Hassanvand, Mohammad Sadegh ^b   Yunesian, Masud ^b   Naddafi, Kazem ^b   Sioutas, Constantinos ^a,c  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer risk; PAHs; PM2.5; PMF; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIESEL ENGINES; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FACTORIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MINERAL OILS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

AIR QUALITY POLICY; DIESEL EXHAUST EMISSIONS; LUNG CANCER RISKS; PM2.5; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION MODELS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; GASOLINE; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMBIENT AIR; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUMERICAL MODEL; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANCER RISK; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; IRAN; LUNG CANCER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LUNG TUMOR;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; IRAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 85051268852     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.003     Document Type: Article

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