API 4714 : 2002
API 4714 : 2002
A GUIDE TO POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS FOR THE NON-SPECIALIST
American Petroleum Institute
A GUIDE TO POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS FOR THE NON-SPECIALIST
American Petroleum Institute
Section
0 OVERVIEW
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 What are PAHs?
2 SOURCES OF PAHS
2.1 Primary Sources of PAHs
3 PAHS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
3.1 PAH "Environmental Delivery Systems"
4 PAH TRANSPORT AND FATE
4.1 Transport
4.2 Fate Processes
5 ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS
5.1 Sources of Human Exposure
5.2 Human Health Effects
5.3 Ecological Effects
6 CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF PAHS
6.1 PAH Analytical Goals and Targets
6.2 Analytical Methods
6.3 PAH Source Identification (Fingerprinting)
and Allocation
6.4 Analytical Efficiency and Costs
APPENDIX A
REFERENCES
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Specifies what PAHs are and how they are formed; PAH environmental transport, fate, and health effects; regulatory requirements related to PAHs; and analytical methods for measuring PAH concentrations in the environment.
Document Type | Standard |
Status | Current |
Publisher | American Petroleum Institute |