Atmospheric PAH concentration in fine and coarse particles

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-92

  Vardar, Nedim ^a   Noll, Kenneth E ^b  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse particles; Fine particles; Land and lake samples; PAHs; Universal air sampler

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; LAKES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PAH; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW RATE; LAKE; LAND USE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038717871     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024489930083     Document Type: Article

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