| PM | particulate matter |
| US EPA | US Environmental Protection Agency |
| PAHs | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| VOCs | volatile organic compounds |
| CCA | canonical correspondence analysis |
| OPLS-DA | orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis |
| ·OH | hydroxyl radicals |
| EPR | electron paramagnetic resonance |
| CNEMC | China National Environmental Monitoring Centre |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| Operational taxonomic units | OTUs |
| RDP | Ribosomal Database Project |
| DMPO | 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide |
| HQ | hazard quotient |
| CR | carcinogenic risk |
| SF | slope factor |
| AF | dermal adherence factors |
| ABS | dermal absorption factor |
| SA | skin area |
| ED | exposure duration |
| EF | exposure frequency |
| BW | body weight |
| AT | averaging time |
| NaP | naphthalene |
| Acy | acenaphthylene |
| Acen | acenaphthene |
| Fl | fluorene |
| Phe | phenanthrene |
| Ant | anthracene |
| Flu | fluoranthene |
| Pyr | pyrene |
| BaA | benzo[a]anthracene |
| Chr | chrysene |
| BbF | benzo[b]fluoranthene |
| BkF | benzo[k]fluoranthene |
| BaP | benzo[a]pyrene |
| InP | indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene |
| DbA | dibenzo[a,h]anthracene |
| BgP | benzo[g,h,i]perylene |
| VIP | variable importance |