Biomonitoring seasonal variation of urban air polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using Ficus benghalensis leaves

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 543-548

  Prajapati, Santosh Kumar ^a   Tripathi, B D ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; PAHs; Temporal pattern; Urban area

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOMONITORING; FICUS BENGHALENSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACETONE; DICHLOROMETHANE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVERGREEN TREE; LEAF; PAH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; ULTRASOUND; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FICUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT LEAVES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEASONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

FICUS BENGHALENSIS;

EID: 38849184703     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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