Results: 23

Health risk represented by inhaling polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) during daily commuting involving using a high traffic flow route in Bogotá

Rev. salud pública; 15 (3), 2013
Objective Assessing the risk to health by inhaling particles and particle-bound PAH during daily commuting along a high traffic flow route/corridor in Bogotá. Methods A van was equipped with a PAS2000 photo-electric sensor for real-time measurement of particle-bound PAH and a Dust Trakfor monitoring PM1...

Cuantificación de hidrocarburos policíclicos aromáticos urinarios en policías de tránsito del área metropolitana de Bogotá

Rev. salud pública; 15 (2), 2013
Objetivos Cuantificar niveles urinarios de 1-hidroxipireno (1-OHP) y 3-hidroxibenzo [a] pireno (3-BAP) metabolitos de hidrocarburos policíclicos aromáticos (HAP) de interés toxicológico y relacionar su detección con el grado de exposición a material particulado de tamaño menor a 10 micras (PM10) u...

Biotransformation of anthracene and fluoranthene by Absidia fusca Linnemann

A strain of Absidia fusca was isolated from a pesticide-contaminated soil (Annaba, Algeria). The biotransformation capability of this strain towards two polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): anthracene and fluoranthene was compared to that exhibited by another strain of A. fusca isolated from a non-co...