Seasonal and long-term trends in atmospheric PAH concentrations: Evidence and implications

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 17-27

  Prevedouros, Konstantinos ^a   Brorström Lundén, Eva ^b   Halsall, Crispin J ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^a   Lee, Robert G M ^a   Sweetman, Andrew J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air concentrations; Emission sources; PAHs; Seasonality; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; COMBUSTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RURAL AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING DATA;

AIR POLLUTION;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PAH; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; CANADA; COMBUSTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; FINLAND; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0344256477     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.08.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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