Nitro-PAH in ambient particulate matter in the atmosphere of Athens

Chemosphere

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 533-537

  Marino, Fabio ^a   Cecinato, Angelo ^a   Siskos, Panayotis A ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

HRGC MS; Nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (NAPH); Suspended particulate matter; Urban atmosphere

Indexed keywords

1 NITROPYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; GREECE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALKANES; FLUORENES; GREECE; ITALY; NITRO COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; SEASONS;

GREECE;

EID: 0033958295     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00308-2     Document Type: Article

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