Composition and Source of Unknown Organic Pollutants in Atmospheric Particulates of the Xigu District, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 923-930

  Gao, H ^a   Zhou, L ^a   Ma, M Q ^b   Chen, X G ^a   Hu, Z D ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Lanzhou Environmental Monitoring Station   (China)

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Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EVAPORATION; EXHAUST GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; OIL INDUSTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC;

EID: 1942438077     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0332-1     Document Type: Article

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