Notes: Is the Direct Mutagenic Activity of Diesel Particulate Matter a Sampling Artifact?

Terence H. Risby, Samuel S. Lestz

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Abstract

Some of the direct microbial mutagenic activity of diesel particulate matter has been assigned to the presence of nitro derivatives of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. A number of researchers have suggested that these compounds may be produced during sample collection. This paper discusses their formation on the basis of simple chemical kinetic and collision phenomena.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)621-624
Number of pages4
JournalEnvironmental Science and Technology
Volume17
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1983
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry

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