Rengarajan, Thamaraiselvan and Rajendran, Peramaiyan and Nandakumar, Natarajan and Lokeshkumar, Boopathy and Rajendran, Palaniswami and Nishigaki, Ikuo (2015) Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with special focus on cancer. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 5 (3). pp. 182-189. ISSN 2221-1691
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of compounds consisting of two or more fused aromatic rings. Most of them are formed during incomplete combustion of organic materials such as wood and fossil fuels, petroleum products, and coal. The composition of PAH mixtures varies with the source and is also affected by selective weathering effects in the environment. PAHs are ubiquitous pollutants frequently found in a variety of environments such as fresh water and marine sediments, the atmosphere, and ice. Due to their widespread distribution, the environmental pollution due to PAHs has aroused global concern. Many PAHs and their epoxides are highly toxic, mutagenic and/or carcinogenic to microorganisms as well as to higher forms of life including humans. The main aim of this review is to provide contemporary information on PAH sources, route of exposure, worldwide emission rate, and adverse effects on humans, especially with reference to cancer.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R5-130.5 General works |
| Divisions: | Kampus Kesihatan (Health Campus) > Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan (School of Medical Sciences) > Article |
| Depositing User: | Mr Noorazilan Noordin |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Feb 2018 08:07 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Feb 2018 08:08 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/39094 |
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