Traffic contribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the center of a large city

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 3481-3490

  Nielsen, Torben ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Diesel exhaust; PAH; Petrol exhaust; Traffic

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL FUEL; METAL; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXHAUST GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOOT; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WINTER; WORKING TIME;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPOSITION; DIESEL FUELS; EXHAUST GASES; GROUND VEHICLES; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

DIESEL EXHAUST; PETROL EXHAUST; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; DIESEL; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXHAUST EMISSION; HYDROCARBON; PAH; PETROL; POLLUTION SOURCE; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; URBAN POLLUTION;

DENMARK, COPENHAGEN;

EID: 0030251265     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00096-9     Document Type: Article

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