Sources and seasonal changes in the distributions of aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in size fractions of atmospheric particles of Beijing, China

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-220

  Zhou, Jiabin ^a,b   Wang, Tieguan ^a   Zhang, Yanping ^a   Mao, Ting ^a   Huang, Yunbi ^a   Zhong, Ningning ^a   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient particles; Molecular markers; n Alkanes; PAHs; Sized segregated fractions; Source apportionment; UCM

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PARTICLES; MOLECULAR MARKERS; N-ALKANES; SIZED SEGREGATED FRACTIONS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOSSIL FUELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE; CARBON; CYCLOHEXANE; FOSSIL FUEL; HOPANOID; MOLECULAR MARKER; PHYTANE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PRISTANE; STERANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLD CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

EID: 40549134142     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2006.0219     Document Type: Article

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