Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the airborne particulate matter at a location 40 km north of Bangkok, Thailand

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 26, 2000, Pages 4557-4563

  Kim Oanh, N T ^a   Baetz Reutergardh L ^b   Dung, N Tr ^c   Yu, M H ^a   Yao, W X ^d   Co, H X ^e  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LE QUY DON TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Bangkok; PAH; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; FLUORESCENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

FLAME IONIZATION; POLYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH);

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR SAMPLING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PAH; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND;

BANGKOK; THAILAND;

EID: 0034281790     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00109-6     Document Type: Article

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