Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban surface dust of Guangzhou, China: Status, sources and human health risk assessment.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Science of the Total Environment

• Publication date

  2011-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.07.030PMID 21855957
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