Characterization of atmospheric particulates, particle-bound transition metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of urban air in the centre of Athens (Greece)

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 760-768

  Valavanidis, Athanasios ^a   Fiotakis, Konstantinos ^a   Vlahogianni, Thomais ^a   Bakeas, Evangelos B ^b   Triantafillaki, Styliani ^b   Paraskevopoulou, Vasiliki ^b   Dassenakis, Manos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Department of Chemistry   (Greece)

Author keywords

Airborne particulate matter; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Trace metals; Urban air pollution; Vehicular emissions

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE (TSP); TRACE METALS; VEHICULAR EMISSIONS;

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TRANSITION METALS;

AIR POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; IRON; LEAD; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRANSITION ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TRANSITION METALS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIESEL; PAH; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSITION ELEMENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; GREECE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUMMER; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748702564     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.03.052     Document Type: Article

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