A preliminary apportionment of the sources of ambient PM10, PM2.5, and VOCs in Cairo

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 35, 2002, Pages 5549-5557

  Abu Allaban, Mahmoud ^a   Gertler, Alan W ^a   Lowenthal, Douglas H ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient lead; Hydrocarbons; Particulate matter; Source apportionment; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VEGETATIVE BURNING;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

LEAD;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALCULATION; EGYPT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

EGYPT;

EID: 0036876919     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00662-3     Document Type: Article

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