Seasonal and spatial variation of solvent extractable organic compounds in fine suspended particulate matter in Hong Kong

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-301

  Sin, Della W M ^a   Fung, W H ^a   Choi, Y Y ^a   Lam, C H ^a   Louie, Peter K K ^b   Chow, Judith C ^c   Watson, John G ^c  

^a Government Laboratory   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT   (Hong Kong)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; MIXTURES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKANOL; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXTRACTION; HONG KONG; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TECHNIQUE; URBAN AREA; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASON;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONG KONG; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 14644404739     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2005.10464621     Document Type: Article

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