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 …

[HTML][HTML] Indoor air quality of everyday use spaces dedicated to specific purposes—a review

M Marć, M Śmiełowska, J Namieśnik… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
According to literature data, some of the main factors which significantly affect the quality of
the indoor environment in residential households or apartments are human activities such …

Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in atmospheric PM1. 0 of urban environments: Carcinogenic and mutagenic respiratory health risk by age groups

DM Agudelo-Castañeda, EC Teixeira, IL Schneider… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
We investigated the carcinogenic and mutagenic respiratory health risks related to the
exposure to atmospheric PAHs in an urban area. Our study focused in the association of …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of PAHs, nitrated PAHs and oxygenated PAHs in PM10 urban aerosols. A comprehensive data analysis

S Lara, F Villanueva, P Martín, S Salgado, A Moreno… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in particulate matter contribute considerably to the
health risk of air pollution. As such, we have optimized a method to determine the levels of …

[HTML][HTML] Mosses as a biomonitor to identify elements released into the air as a result of car workshop activities

P Świsłowski, K Vergel, I Zinicovscaia, M Rajfur… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human activity as a result of civilization development contributes to creating new sources of
environmental pollution. Air pollution is one of the major problems because it affects the …

[HTML][HTML] Reduction of outdoor particulate matter concentrations by local removal in semi-enclosed parking garages: a preliminary case study for Eindhoven city center

B Blocken, R Vervoort, T van Hooff - Journal of wind engineering and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Traffic is one of the main sources of particulate matter (PM) inside urban areas. This paper
provides a preliminary assessment of the potential to reduce outdoor PM concentrations by …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic real-time measurements and a comparison of gas and wood furnaces in a dual-fuel heating system in order to evaluate the occupants' safety and …

N Szczepanik-Scislo, L Scislo - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to rising energy costs, there is a trend to return to conventional heating systems
powered by solid fuel. A rise in the combination of new and old energy sources is creating …

Effect through inhalation on human health of PM1 bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons collected from foggy days in northern part of India

DK Singh, T Gupta - Journal of hazardous materials, 2016 - Elsevier
We investigated the health risk from 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) adsorbed
on submicron particles and also reported their concentrations, spatial distribution and …

Active moss biomonitoring for extensive screening of urban air pollution: Magnetic and chemical analyses

G Vuković, MA Urošević, Z Goryainova, M Pergal… - Science of the total …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, active magnetic biomonitoring of moss for particulate air pollution and an
assessment of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were performed …

Moss-bag technique as an approach to monitor elemental concentration indoors

M Rajfur, I Zinicovscaia, N Yushin, P Świsłowski… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The moss-bag technique has been used for many decades to monitor outdoor pollution.
More recently, however, the method has been used to monitor indoor air pollution (IAP), as …