Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. A review

AT Lawal - Cogent Environmental Science, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The recent literature describing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air, water, soil
and sediment, waste sludge, biomonitoring, toxicity, are reviewed. Aspects of sampling …

Passive air sampling for semi-volatile organic chemicals

F Wania, C Shunthirasingham - Environmental Science: Processes & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
During passive air sampling, the amount of a chemical taken up in a sorbent from the air
without the help of a pump is quantified and converted into an air concentration. In an …

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

S Taghvaee, MH Sowlat, MS Hassanvand… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, source-specific cancer risk characterization of ambient PM 2.5-bound polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was performed in central Tehran. The positive matrix …

[HTML][HTML] Distributions of PAHs, NPAHs, OPAHs, BrPAHs, and ClPAHs in air, bulk deposition, soil, and water in the Shandong Peninsula, China: Urban-rural gradient …

A Qi, P Wang, J Lv, T Zhao, Q Huang, Y Wang… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A systematic study of the movement of PAHs (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and their
derivatives through air, soil, and water is key to understanding the exchange and transport …

A review of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) pollution in the air: where and how much are we exposed to?

N Othman, Z Ismail, MI Selamat… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were widely used in industrial and commercial
applications, until they were banned in the late 1970s as a result of their significant …

Seasonal effect and source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM2. 5

MF Khan, MT Latif, CH Lim, N Amil, SA Jaafar… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate distribution and sources of 16 polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) bound to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) captured in a semi-urban …

Distribution, fate, inhalation exposure and lung cancer risk of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in some Asian countries

WJ Hong, H Jia, WL Ma, RK Sinha… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
A large-scale monitoring program, the Asia Soil and Air Monitoring Program (Asia-SAMP),
was conducted in five Asian countries, including China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and …

Spatial and seasonal variations, sources, air-soil exchange, and carcinogenic risk assessment for PAHs and PCBs in air and soil of Kutahya, Turkey, the province of …

Y Dumanoglu, EO Gaga, E Gungormus… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Atmospheric and concurrent soil samples were collected during winter and summer of 2014
at 41 sites in Kutahya, Turkey to investigate spatial and seasonal variations, sources, air-soil …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in household dust: the association between PAHs, cancer risk and sick building syndrome

S Mosallaei, H Hashemi, M Hoseini, M Dehghani… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, indoor dust samples were collected from 40 houses in Shiraz; Iran, and
analyzed to determine 16 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) using Gas …

Evidence for major contributions of unintentionally produced PCBs in the air of China: implications for the national source inventory

S Zhao, KC Jones, J Li, AJ Sweetman… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were not widely manufactured or used in China before
they became the subject of international bans on production. Recent work has shown that …