Measurements of nitro-PAH in the atmospheres of two cities

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2459-2469

  Dimashki, Marwan ^a   Harrad, Stuart ^a   Harrison, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Filter artefact; Nitration reactions; Nitro PAH

Indexed keywords

AMINO DERIVATIVES; FILTER ARTEFACTS;

AIR POLLUTION; AMINES; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; FLUORESCENCE; FREE RADICALS; NITRATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

CIGARETTE SMOKE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLUORANTHENE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROPYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOLUENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034127086     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00417-3     Document Type: Article

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