A review of airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their human health effects

KH Kim, SA Jahan, E Kabir, RJC Brown - Environment international, 2013 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a large group of organic compounds
comprised of two or more fused benzene rings arranged in various configurations. PAHs are …

Chemical reactivity and long-range transport potential of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons–a review

IJ Keyte, RM Harrison, G Lammel - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are of considerable concern due to their well-
recognised toxicity and especially due to the carcinogenic hazard which they present. PAHs …

Review of PAH contamination in food products and their health hazards

V Bansal, KH Kim - Environment international, 2015 - Elsevier
Public concern over the deleterious effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has
grown rapidly due to recognition of their toxicity, carcinogenicity, and teratogenicity. The aim …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban soils of Beijing: status, sources, distribution and potential risk

C Peng, W Chen, X Liao, M Wang, Z Ouyang… - Environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
We studied the source, concentration, spatial distribution and health risk of 16 polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban soils of Beijing. The total mass concentration of 16 …

Size distribution of particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fresh combustion smoke and ambient air: A review

L Zhang, L Yang, Q Zhou, X Zhang, W Xing… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous in the atmosphere and they mostly
stem from the imperfect combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels. PAHs are inherently …

Do 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons represent PAH air toxicity?

V Samburova, B Zielinska, A Khlystov - Toxics, 2017 - mdpi.com
Estimation of carcinogenic potency based on analysis of 16 polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) ranked by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the most …

Health risk assessment on dietary exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Taiyuan, China

Z Xia, X Duan, W Qiu, D Liu, B Wang, S Tao… - Science of the Total …, 2010 - Elsevier
Twenty-five kinds of seven categories of foods were sampled in December 2008 and the
concentrations of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined. The …

[PDF][PDF] An overview: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions from the stationary and mobile sources and in the ambient air

NK Cheruiyot, WJ Lee, JK Mwangi, LC Wang… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2015 - aaqr.org
ABSTRACTPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are a class of semi-volatile organic carbons
that are emitted from both natural and anthropogenic sources therefore are ubiquitous in …

[HTML][HTML] Sources, distribution and toxicity of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in particulate matter

BK Lee - Air pollution, 2010 - intechopen.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of organic compounds consisting of
two or more fused aromatic rings. PAHs originate mainly from anthropogenic processes …

Size-fractionated PM-bound PAHs in urban and rural atmospheres of northern Thailand for respiratory health risk assessment

W Insian, N Yabueng, W Wiriya, S Chantara - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Size-fractionated particulate matters (SPMs) in a range of 9.0 to 0.43 μm, classified based on
aerodynamic diameter (d ae) as fine PMs (0.43 μm≤ d ae< 2.1 μm) and coarse PMs (2.1 …