Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with special focus on cancer

• Main Authors: Rengarajan, Thamaraiselvan, Rajendran, Peramaiyan, Nandakumar, Natarajan, Lokeshkumar, Boopathy, Rajendran, Palaniswami, Nishigaki, Ikuo
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: R5-130.5 General works
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/39094/; https://doi.org/10.1016/S2221-1691(15)30003-4
• Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia

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 s...