Seasonal and site-specific variation in vapour and aerosol phase PAHs over Flanders (Belgium) and their relation with anthropogenic activities

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 771-785

  Ravindra, Khaiwal ^a   Bencs, László ^a,b   Wauters, Eric ^c   De Hoog, Johan ^a   Deutsch, Felix ^d   Roekens, Edward ^c   Bleux, Nico ^d   Berghmans, Patrick ^d   Van Grieken, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij   (Belgium)

^d FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnostic ratio; Human carcinogen; PAHs; Pressurized liquid extraction (PLE); Principal component analysis (PCA); Source markers

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; SOLVENTS;

DIAGNOSTIC RATIO; HUMAN CARCINOGEN; PRESSURIZED LIQUID EXTRACTION (PLE); SOURCE MARKERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CARCINOGEN; COAL; DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; OIL; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; POLYURETHAN FOAM; SOLVENT;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PAH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CITY; COKING INDUSTRY; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; EXTRACTION; FILTER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCINERATION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VAPOR; WINTER; WOOD;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 29344433219     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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