Concentrations of particulate airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and metals collected in Lahore, Pakistan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 4031-4040

  Smith, D J T ^a   Harrison, Roy M ^a   Luhana, L ^a   Pio, Casimiro A ^b   Castro, L M ^b   Tariq, Mohammad Nawaz ^c   Hayat, S ^c   Quraishi, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Particle; Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons; Rural air; Trace metal; Urban air

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANION; METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CITY; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; PAKISTAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON; METALS; MINERALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SAMPLING; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIONS; HI-VOL AIR SAMPLING EQUIPMENT; PAKISTAN; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TRACE METALS; VAPOR TO PARTICLE RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PAH; RURAL AREA; TRACE METAL; URBAN AREA; URBAN-RURAL COMPARISON;

PAKISTAN, LAHORE UK, WEST MIDLANDS, BIRMINGHAM;

EID: 0030303235     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00107-0     Document Type: Article

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