Physico-chemical artefacts in atmospheric PAH denuder sampling

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-195

  Possanzini, Massimiliano ^a,b   Di Palo, Vincenzo ^a   Tagliacozzo, Giorgio ^a   Cecinato, Angelo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Istituto Sull'inquinamento Atmosferico Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annular denuder; Atmospheric PAH; Ozone interference; Sampling artefacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745830162     PISSN: 10406638     EISSN: 15635333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10406630600760543     Document Type: Article

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