Table 1.

Concentration of PAHs (μg/dL) in whole blood and morning urine samples of children

PAHs	HEO	MNO	SCP	CSO	TSO	WSP	WBP	LKS	UPS	Mean	SDV	CV (%)	MW
Blood
Nap nc	0.458	0.386	0.472	0.433	0.605	0.360	0.371	0.720	0.425	0.47	0.12	25.53	L
Ace nc	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.031	0.053	0.055	0.062	0.056	0.037	0.05	0.01	20.00	L
A nc	0.214	0.186	0.374	0.391	0.288	0.192	0.377	0.291	0.208	0.28	0.08	28.57	L
Fl nc	0.56	0.762	0.449	0.361	0.367	0.372	0.371	0.412	0.378	0.45	0.13	28.89	L
Ant nc	0.064	0.056	0.058	0.058	0.051	0.058	0.062	0.059	0.056	0.06	0.00	0.00	L
Phe nc	1.38	1.56	1.89	1.95	1.76	1.90	1.37	1.96	1.65	1.71	0.23	13.45	L
Fla nc	0.04	0.62	0.07	0.15	0.082	0.042	0.06	0.028	0.068	0.13	0.18	138.46	H
Pyr nc	0.17	0.16	0.28	0.18	0.16	0.29	0.18	0.18	0.27	0.21	0.05	23.81	H
BaAC	0.42	0.61	0.45	0.41	0.38	0.45	0.48	0.52	0.43	0.46	0.07	15.22	H
ChrC	0.37	0.32	0.46	0.66	0.32	0.38	0.40	0.46	0.38	0.42	0.10	23.81	H
BbkfC	1.25	1.72	1.57	1.72	1.28	1.32	1.78	1.43	1.42	1.50	0.20	13.33	H
BaPC	0.065	0.088	0.082	0.087	0.18	0.189	0.072	0.14	0.16	0.12	0.05	41.67	H
DAC	37.6	37.2	36.8	40.6	37.38	37.15	52.19	45.37	37.45	40.19	5.28	13.14	H
IPC	8.56	8.27	8.38	12.1	12.74	8.95	10.18	10.88	11.69	10.19	1.73	16.98	H
BPC	2.48	2.86	2.55	2.73	3.22	2.56	2.52	2.78	3.16	2.76	0.27	9.78	H
∑15 PAHs	53.68	54.86	53.95	61.86	58.87	54.27	70.48	65.29	57.78	59.00	5.86	-	-
Mean	3.58	3.66	3.60	4.12	3.92	3.62	4.70	4.35	3.85	3.93	0.60	-	-
SDV	9.66	9.51	9.43	10.54	9.80	9.55	13.39	11.67	9.75	10.35	1.37	-	-
Urine
Nap nc	0.82	0.87	0.74	0.85	0.88	0.75	0.82	0.87	0.97	0.84	0.07	8.33	L
Ace nc	0.97	0.72	0.86	0.91	0.98	0.92	0.99	0.98	0.94	0.92	0.09	9.78	L
A nc	0.59	0.61	0.42	0.57	0.60	0.71	0.77	0.52	0.63	0.60	0.10	16.67	L
Fl nc	1.86	1.42	1.32	1.84	1.81	1.86	1.28	1.86	1.57	1.65	0.25	15.15	L
Ant nc	0.53	0.55	0.58	0.51	0.53	0.56	0.53	0.55	0.62	0.55	0.03	5.45	L
Phe nc	2.64	2.60	2.75	2.63	1.98	2.41	2.85	2.63	2.88	2.60	0.27	10.38	L
Fla nc	0.096	0.091	0.065	0.98	0.057	0.68	0.05	0.09	0.09	0.24	0.34	141.67	H
Pyr nc	0.67	0.78	0.74	0.54	0.62	0.58	0.061	0.66	0.65	0.59	0.21	35.59	H
BaAC	0.72	0.76	0.74	0.71	0.76	0.76	0.72	0.81	0.79	0.75	0.03	4.00	H
ChrC	0.68	0.62	0.60	0.57	0.59	0.63	0.67	0.56	0.61	0.61	0.04	6.56	H
BbkfC	2.83	2.18	2.18	2.61	2.37	2.53	2.84	2.17	2.75	2.50	0.28	11.20	H
BaPC	0.19	0.17	0.24	0.09	0.62	0.18	0.16	0.18	0.17	0.22	0.15	68.18	H
DAC	84.2	89.5	84.2	76.4	86.4	74.2	84.4	81.78	68.3	81.04	6.73	8.30	H
IPC	7.16	7.06	7.83	5.61	6.20	5.82	7.15	7.22	7.13	6.80	0.74	10.88	H
BPC	7.15	7.11	7.62	7.57	5.83	7.42	7.10	7.09	6.88	7.09	0.53	7.47	H
∑15 PAHs	111.11	115.04	110.89	102.39	110.23	100.01	110.39	107.97	94.98	107	6.46	-	-
Mean	7.41	7.67	7.39	6.83	7.35	6.67	7.36	7.20	6.33	7.13	0.66	-	-
SDV	21.37	22.75	21.39	19.36	21.95	18.80	21.44	20.76	17.29	20.56	1.69	-	-

*Superscripts c and nc represents carcinogenic and non-carcingenic compound; naphthalene (Nap), acenaphthylene (Ace), acenapthene (A), flourene (Fl), anthracene (Ant) and phenanthrene (Phe) categorized as low molecular weight; flouranthene (Fla), Pyrene (Pyr), benzo [a] anthracene (BaA), chrysene (Chr), benzo [k] fluoranthene (Bbkf), benzo [a] pyrene (BaP), dibenzo[ah]anthracene (DA), indeno [1,2,3-cd] pyrene (IP), benzo[ghi]perylene (BP), L-low molecular weight; H-high molecular weight.