Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in size-segregated particulate matter from six urban sites in Europe

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 40, 2008, Pages 9087-9097

  Saarnio, Karri ^a   Sillanpää, Markus ^a,b   Hillamo, Risto ^a   Sandell, Erik ^c   Pennanen, Arto S ^d   Salonen, Raimo O ^d  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c Nab Labs Laboratories   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Coarse particles; Fine particles; PAH; Ultrafine particles; Urban background

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROCARBONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SAMPLING; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

BENZO[A]PYRENE; COARSE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICLES; PAH; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES; URBAN BACKGROUND;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CORONENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CZECH REPUBLIC; FINLAND; GERMANY; GREECE; NETHERLANDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPRING; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; BENELUX; CATALONIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DUISBURG; ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; GERMANY; GREECE; HELSINKI; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; PRAGUE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56249148494     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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