A novel approach to investigating indoor/outdoor pollution links: Combined magnetic and PAH measurements

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 8902-8909

  Halsall, C J ^a   Maher, B A ^a   Karloukovski, V V ^a   Shah, P ^a   Watkins, S J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic discrimination; PAHs; Particulate; Pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CAST IRON; COMPUTER NETWORKS; HEATING; HYDROCARBONS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IRON; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETISM; MIXER CIRCUITS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; REMANENCE; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

AIR SAMPLES; COMBUSTION SOURCES; INDOOR AIRS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; INDOOR POLLUTIONS; INDOOR/OUTDOOR; LANCASTER UNIVERSITIES; MAGNETIC ANALYSES; MAGNETIC DATUMS; MAGNETIC DISCRIMINATION; MAGNETIC GRAIN SIZES; MAGNETIC SOURCES; OUTDOOR AIRS; PAHS; PARTICULATE; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SAMPLED SITES; TEACHING LABORATORIES; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; ULTRAFINE;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDOOR AIR; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PAH; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LANCASHIRE; LANCASTER [LANCASHIRE]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56049119809     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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