Seasonal and particle size-dependent variations in gas/particle partitioning of PCDD/Fs

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 215-222

  Lee, Se Jin ^a   Ale, Debaki ^a   Chang, Yoon Seok ^a   Oh, Jeong Eun ^b   Shin, Sun Kyoung ^c  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gas particle partitioning; Particle size; PCDD Fs; Season

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

GAS/PARTICLE PARTITION COEFFICIENT; GAS/PARTICLE PARTITIONING;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

DIBENZOFURAN; OCTANOL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PCDD; PCDF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN AREA; VAPOR PRESSURE;

AIR; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 42049085284     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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