Atmospheric pollution by PAHs, PCDD/Fs and PCBs simultaneously collected at a regional background site in central Italy and at an urban site in Rome

Chemosphere

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 422-434

  Menichini, Edoardo ^a   Iacovella, Nicola ^a   Monfredini, Fabio ^a   Turrio Baldassarri, Luigi ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

BaP; Dioxins; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; POP; Remote sites

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

DIOXINS; REMOTE SITES;

AIR POLLUTION;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PCB; PCDD; PCDF;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ITALY; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; ROME;

EID: 34547841350     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.04.078     Document Type: Article

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