Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the settled dust of automobile workshops, health and carcinogenic risk evaluation

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 601-602; pp. 478 - 484
• Main Authors: Ali, Nadeem, Ismail, Iqbal Mohammad Ibrahim, Khoder, Mamdouh, Shamy, Magdy, Alghamdi, Mansour, Al Khalaf, Abdulrahman, Costa, Max
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Air Pollutants, Occupational - analysis; Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis; Air Pollution, Indoor - statistics & numerical data; anthracenes; Automobiles; benzo(a)pyrene; breathing; Carcinogens - analysis; dust; Dust - analysis; Environmental Monitoring; health effects assessments; Human exposure; Humans; industry; ingestion; Jeddah; Middle East; neoplasms; normal values; Occupational Exposure - statistics & numerical data; PAHs; people; petroleum; phenanthrenes; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - analysis; risk; Risk Assessment; Saudi Arabia; Settled dust; United States Environmental Protection Agency; Workshops; Middle East; Saudi Arabia; PAHs; Workshops; Jeddah; Settled dust; Human exposure

There are studies available on the occurrence of PAHs in indoor settled dust from residential and different occupational settings in literature but limited data is available on their occurrence and potential health risk assessment in automobile workshops. In recent decades Saudi Arabia has experienc...