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Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1. A Review of the Hazardous Effects Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons On Living Organisms, pp. 1-50
(Maria Aparecida Marin-Morales, Daniela Morais Leme, Dânia Elisa Christofoletti Mazzeo, Department of Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil, and others)
Chapter 2. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons toxicity in animals and humans, pp. 51-66
(Pierina Visciano, Monia Perugini, Department of Food Science, University of Teramo, Italy)
Chapter 3. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Carcinogenic Risk Assessment in Developing Countries, pp. 67-96
(Mahmoud A. Hassanien, Air Pollution Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt)
Chapter 4. Adipose tissue as a key contributor to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-induced carcinogenesis, pp. 97-106
(Irigaray P and Belpomme D, A Cancer Research Center, Association for Research and Treatments Against Cancer (ARTAC), France, and others)
Chapter 5. Chlorinate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: A new class of environmental toxin, pp. 107-112
(Takeshi Ohura and Hiroyuki Sakakibara, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Japan)
Chapter 6. Recent trends in analytical methods to chemically monitor the PAHs pollution, pp. 113-200
(Verónica Pino, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, University of La Laguna, Spain)
Chapter 7. New tendencies in liquid chromatography for controlling PAHs pollution, pp. 201-220
(R. Herráez-Hernández, P. Campíns-Falcó, J. Verdú-Andrés, A. Sevillano-Cabeza and L. Ferrando-Climent, Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Valencia, Spain, and others)
Chapter 8. PAHs in sediments associated with coal and coal-derived particles -- occurrence, mobility and risk assessment, pp. 221-230
(Yi Yang and Thilo Hofmann, School of Resources and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, and others)
Chapter 9. Analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons adsorbed on soot surface by laser desorption, laser ionization and mass spectrometry, pp. 231-248
(Michael Ziskind, A. Faccinetto, Pascale Desgroux, Eric Therssen, Cristian Focsa, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, and others)
Chapter 10. Toxicity and Toxicology of Benzo[a]pyrene, pp. 249-264
(Yang M.S. and To W.S., Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong)
Chapter 11. Chromatographic Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by π-Electron Containing Polymeric Organic Phase-Grafted on Silica, pp. 265-294
(M. Mizanur Rahman, Makoto Takafuji, Ashequl A. Rana, Abul K. Mallik, Usha G. Gautam, Hirotaka Ihara, Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kumamoto University, Japan)
Chapter 12. Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in solid-matrix foods using a non-destructive method, pp. 295-308
(Diana Martin and Jorge Ruiz, Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Extremadura. Caceres, Spain, and others)
Chapter 13. PAH removal by two native tropical plants cultured on model contaminated soil, pp. 309-320
(E. Escalante-Espinosa, L. Rodríguez-García and M. Gutiérrez-Rojas, División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, México, and others)
Chapter 14. In vitro phytoremediation mechanisms of PAH removal by two plant species, pp. 321-334
(Reynoso-Cuevas, L., Cruz-Sosa, F. and Gutiérrez-Rojas, M., Departamento de Biotecnología. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, México)
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