Characterizing PAH emission concentrations in ambient air during a large-scale joss paper open-burning event

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 156, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 223-229

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

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air quality; Joss paper; Open burning; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

JOSS PAPER; OPEN BURNING; SOXHLET ANALYTICAL METHOD;

AIR QUALITY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BURNING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PAH; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PAPER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RITUAL; SOXHLET EXTRACTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; PAPER; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 44649116642     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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