Table 1.
List of PAHs included in air quality and risk assessment calculations. Toxic Equivalency Factors or TEFs are listed for known carcinogens according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer14 and adapted from the California Environmental Protection Agency Office, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment15
Carcinogenic PAH |
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TEFs |
Benz[a]anthracene |
0.1 |
Chrysene |
0.01 |
Benzo[b]fluoranthene |
0.1 |
Benzo[k]fluoranthene |
0.1 |
Benzo[a]pyrene |
1 |
Indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene |
0.1 |
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene |
1 |
Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene |
10 |
Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene |
1 |
Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene |
10 |
Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene |
10 |