Handbook of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Publisher: CRC
Published: December 6, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780824774424
Subjects: Organic chemistry; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbo; Environmental Chemistry; Pollution (Health Aspects); Science; Chemistry - General; Earth Sciences - Geology; Science / Geology; Chemistry - Analytic; Handbooks, manuals, etc
First sentence: Since the British surgeon Sir Percival Pott in 1775 reported [1] that chimney sweeps in Britain often developed cancer of the scrotum, there has been an awareness of the harmful effects of soot, tar, and pitch.