Levels and distributions of organic source tracers in air and roadside dust particles of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1485-1500

  Omar, Nasr Yousef M J ^a   Abas, M Radzi Bin ^a   Rahman, Noorsaadah A ^a   Tahir, Norhayati Mohd ^b   Rushdi, Ahmed I ^c   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Molecular markers; Natural background; PM 10 aerosol; Refuse burning; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BIOGENIC SOURCES; BURNING EMISSIONS; DUST PARTICLES; N-ALKANES; ORGANIC SOURCE TRACERS; PETROLEUM MOLECULAR MARKERS; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DUST; FRACTIONATING UNITS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUBRICATING OILS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

ALKANE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOMARKER; BIOMASS BURNING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DUST; FILTRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REFUSE; RURAL AREA; TRACER; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 34447629672     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0593-6     Document Type: Article

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