Polychlorinated biphenyls in the ambient air of petroleum refinery, urban and rural areas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2371-2378

  Lee, Wen Jhy ^a   Lewis, Sue J Lin ^a   Chen, Ying Yuan ^a   Wang, Ya Fen ^a   Sheu, Hwey Lin ^a   Su, Chun Ching ^a   Fan, Yi Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Dry deposition; Particle bound composition; PCBs; Petroleum refinery; Phase distribution; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRY DEPOSITION; GRAVITY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DRY DEPOSITION; PCB; PETROLEUM REFINERY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

TAIWAN;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CALCULATIONS; CHLORINATION; DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RURAL AREAS; SAMPLING;

AMBIENT AIR; DRY DEPOSITION; GRAVITATIONAL SETTING; PARTICLE BOUND COMPOSITION; PARTICLE PHASE SAMPLES; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030452992     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00353-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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