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A review of airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their human health effects
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An overview of PAH properties, fates, transformations, human exposure, and health effects (acute and chronic) associated with their emission to the atmosphere is offered.About:
This article is published in Environment International.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 1658 citations till now.read more
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A review on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Source, environmental impact, effect on human health and remediation
TL;DR: In this paper, the main anthropogenic sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their effect on the concentrations of these compounds in air are discussed.
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A review of biomass burning: Emissions and impacts on air quality, health and climate in China
Jianmin Chen,Jianmin Chen,Chunlin Li,Zoran Ristovski,Andelija Milic,YuanTong Gu,Mohammad S. Islam,Shuxiao Wang,Jiming Hao,Hefeng Zhang,Congrong He,Hai Guo,Hongbo Fu,Branka Miljevic,Lidia Morawska,Phong K. Thai,Yun Fat Lam,Gavin Pereira,Aijun Ding,Xin Huang,Umesh Chandra Dumka +20 more
TL;DR: The aim of this work was to comprehensively review most of the studies published on this topic in China, including literature concerning field measurements, laboratory studies and the impacts of BB indoors and outdoors in China to provide a basis for formulation of policies and regulations by policy makers in China.
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Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with special focus on cancer
Thamaraiselvan Rengarajan,Peramaiyan Rajendran,Natarajan Nandakumar,Boopathy Lokeshkumar,Palaniswami Rajendran,Ikuo Nishigaki +5 more
TL;DR: A review of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) sources, route of exposure, worldwide emission rate, and adverse effects on humans, especially with reference to cancer is presented in this paper.
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Review on characteristics of PAHs in atmosphere, anthropogenic sources and control technologies.
Nguyen Duy Dat,Moo Been Chang +1 more
TL;DR: Characteristics of atmospheric PAHs vary with meteorological conditions and emission sources, while characteristics ofPAHs emission depend on burned material and combustion condition.
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The role of air pollution (PM and NO2) in COVID-19 spread and lethality: A systematic review.
Chiara Copat,Antonio Cristaldi,Maria Fiore,Alfina Grasso,Pietro Zuccarello,Salvatore Santo Signorelli,Gea Oliveri Conti,Margherita Ferrante +7 more
TL;DR: Major findings are consistent, highlighting the important contribution of PM2.5 and NO2 as triggering of the COVID-19 spread and lethality, and with a less extent also PM10, although the potential effect of airborne virus exposure it has not been still demonstrated.
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Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Source attribution, emission factors and regulation
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the environment is presented, where various approaches including diagnostic ratio (DR) and principal component analysis (PCA) are discussed in detail.
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Tobacco Smoke Carcinogens and Lung Cancer
TL;DR: By focusing in this review on several important carcinogens in tobacco smoke, the complexities in understanding tobacco-induced cancer can be reduced, and new approaches for lung cancer prevention can be envisioned.
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Cancer risk assessment, indicators, and guidelines for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the ambient air.
Carl-Elis Bostrom,Per Gerde,Annika Hanberg,Bengt Jernström,Christer Johansson,Titus Kyrklund,Agneta Rannug,Margareta Törnqvist,Katarina Victorin,Roger Westerholm +9 more
TL;DR: The carcinogenicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is associated with the complexity of the molecule, and with metabolic activation to reactive diol epoxide intermediates and their subsequent covalent binding to critical targets in DNA.
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: environmental pollution and bioremediation
TL;DR: The problems of PAH pollution and PAH degradation, and relevant bioremediation efforts are discussed and chemotaxis could also have an important role in enhancing biodegradation of pollutants.
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Cancer risk from occupational and environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
TL;DR: The lung seems to be the major target organ of PAH carcinogenicity and increased risk is present in most of the industries and occupations listed above, and the results of studies addressing environmental PAH exposure are consistent with these conclusions.
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