Gas-particle concentrations and distribution of aliphatic hydrocarbons, PAHs, PCBs and PCDD/Fs in the atmosphere of Athens (Greece)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 4023-4035

  Mandalakis, Manolis ^a   Tsapakis, Manolis ^a   Tsoga, Athanasia ^a   Stephanou, Euripides G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

, hopanes; Aliphatic hydrocarbons; Ambient concentrations; Gas particle partitioning; PAHs; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs

Indexed keywords

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

PARTICULATE PHASE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

FLUORANTHENE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRITERPENOID;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PAH; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DESORPTION; GREECE; MASS SPECTROMETER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; VAPOR PRESSURE;

GREECE;

EID: 0036721043     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00362-X     Document Type: Article

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