Characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission from open burning of joss paper

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1692-1701

  Rau, Jui Yeh ^a   Tseng, Hui Hsin ^b   Lin, Min Der ^a   Wey, Ming Yen ^a   Lin, Yu Hao ^a   Chu, Chien Wei ^a   Lee, Ching Hwa ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Joss paper; Open burning; PAHs; Suburban

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COMBUSTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PAPER;

JOSS PAPER; OPEN BURNING;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PAH; SUBURBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMBUSTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; PAPER;

EID: 39149093344     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.11.032     Document Type: Article

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