Source apportionment and health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the coastal ecosystem of the Brunei Bay, Brunei

• Main Authors: Sharifi, Reza, Keshavarzifard, Mehrzad, Sharifinia, Moslem, Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi, Mehr, Meisam Rastegari, Abbasi, Sajjad, Yap, Chee Kong, Yousefi, Mohamad Reza, Masood, Najat, Magam, Sami Muhsen, Alkhadher, Sadeq Abdullah Abdo, Daliri, Moslem
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109240/; https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025326X22005951
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Pollution characteristics and associated ecological risks of PAHs in sediments from Brunei Bay, Brunei were investigated. The concentrations of ∑16 PAHs ranged from 826.7 to 2955.3 μg kg− 1 , indicating moderate to high level of pollution. Source apportionment of PAHs by molecular isomeric ratios...