Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Committee on Pyrene and Selected Analogues, Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards

• 1 FRONT MATTER; 2 1 POLYCYLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS FROM MOBILE SOURCES AND THEIR ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS; 3 2 POLYCYLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS FROM NATURAL AND STATIONARY SOURCES AND THEIR ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS; 4 3 ATMOSPHERIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; 5 4 BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SMOKE, EMISSION, AND SOME OF THEIR PAH COMPONENTS; 6 5 EFFECTIVE BIOLOGIC DOSE; 7 6 POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN FOOD AND WATER AND THEIR METABOLISM BY HUMAN TISSUES; 8 7 SOME FACTORS THAT AFFECT SUSCEPTIBILITY OF HUMANS TO POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; 9 8 SUMMARY; 10 9 RECOMMENDATION; 11 APPENDIX A: LISTS OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; 12 APPENDIX B: POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN THE AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; 13 APPENDIX C: HUMAN-CANCER RISK ASSASSMENT, BY MALCOLM C. PIKE; 14 APPENDIX D: PUBLIC DECISION-MAKING WITH RESPECT TO ATMOSPHERIC PAH SOURCES AND EMISSIONS, BY LAWRENCE J. WHITE