PAH in airborne particulate matter

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-119

  Kirso, Uuve ^a   Urb, Gary ^a   Laja, Margit ^a   Teinemaa, Erik ^a,c   Reinik, Janek ^a   Gebefügi, Istvan ^b   Kettrup, Antonius ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Eesti Keskkonnauuringute Keskus   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric pollution; Fine particles; PAHs; PM 2.5; PM10

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PYRENE;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZO(A)PYRENE; ESTONIA; FINE FRACTION; FINE-PARTICLES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER 10; PARTICULATE MATTER 2.5; URBAN AEROSOLS;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

EID: 33646674077     PISSN: 10406638     EISSN: 15635333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10406630600642337     Document Type: Article

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