Trends in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in the Great Lakes atmosphere

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 6221-6227

  Sun, Ping ^a   Blanchard, Pierrette ^b   Brice, Kenneth A ^b   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

INTEGRATED ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION NETWORK; PHENANTHRENE; SEASONAL TRENDS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CHRYSENE; CORONENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; HALF LIFE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PAH; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; VAPORIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CITY; LAKE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; VAPOR; WATER POLLUTION; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMANS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS;

CHICAGO; GREAT LAKES; ILLINOIS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; STURGEON POINT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750304769     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0607279     Document Type: Article

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