Atmospheric reactions influence seasonal PAH and nitro-PAH concentrations in the Los Angeles basin

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-73

  Reisen, Fabienne ^a,b   Arey, Janet ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Interdept Grad Prog Environ T   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARCINOGENS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; MUTAGENS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; RIVERS; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION;

2-NITROFLUORANTHENE; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; NITRO-POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RADICAL CHEMISTRY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

2 NITROFLUORANTHENE; FLUORANTHENE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITROPOLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PAH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CARCINOGENICITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MUTAGENICITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11044232223     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es035454l     Document Type: Article

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