Influence of local human population on atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7374-7379

  Hafner, William D ^a   Carlson, Daniel L ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

EMISSION REGULATIONS; HUMAN POPULATION; INDUSTRIAL OUTPUTS; SAMPLING SITES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PAH;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DILUTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INDUSTRY; LITERATURE; POPULATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; AIR POLLUTANT; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 26044439287     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0508673     Document Type: Article

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