Characterization, identification of ambient air and road dust polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in central Taiwan, Taichung

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 327, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 135-146

  Fang, Guor Cheng ^a   Chang, Cheng Nan ^b   Wu, Yuh Shen ^a   Fu, Peter Pi Cheng ^c   Yang, I Lin ^b   Chen, Ming Hsiang ^b  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Division of Biochemical Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Gas phase; Industrial; Particle phase; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Road dust; Source attribute; Suburban

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; SAMPLING; WIND EFFECTS;

RAOD SAMPLING; WIND SPEED;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

DICHLOROMETHANE; GASOLINE; GLASS; HEXANE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; POLYURETHAN FOAM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PAH; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIESEL ENGINE; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; FILTER; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC; VELOCITY; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WEATHER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAICHUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 2542535250     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.10.016     Document Type: Article

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