Preliminary chemical characterization of particle-phase organic compounds in New Delhi, India

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 30, 2003, Pages 4317-4323

  Sharma, Dhruv N ^a   Sawant, Aniket A ^b   Uma, R ^c   Cocker III, David R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Benzo(a)pyrene; Delhi air quality; PAH; PM10; Refuse burning; Two stroke

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

VEHICULAR EMISSIONS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXHAUST GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DELHI; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

EID: 0042008130     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00563-6     Document Type: Article

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