Inorganic, organic and macromolecular components of fine aerosol in different areas of Europe in relation to their water solubility

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2733-2743

  Zappoli, S ^a   Andracchio, A ^a   Fuzzi, S ^b   Facchini, M C ^b   Gelencser A ^c   Kiss, G ^c   Krivacsy Z ^c   Molnar A ^c   Meszaros E ^c   Hansson, H C ^d   Rosman, K ^d   Zebuhr Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerosol chemistry; Macromolecular compounds; Organic aerosol; Water soluble organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC AEROSOL; WATER SOLUBILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SAMPLING; SOLUBILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; EUROPE; MACROMOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY;

EUROPE; HUNGARY; ITALY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033180919     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00362-8     Document Type: Article

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