Preliminary results on PM1 and particle - Bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Kozani, Greece

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 10 A, 2008, Pages 1634-1639

  Tolis, Evangelos I ^a   Amarantidis, Stylianos ^a   Missia, Dafni A ^a   Saraga, Dikaia E ^b   Koziakis, Nikolaos E ^a   Bartzis, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

Author keywords

GC MSD; PM1; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; KOZANI; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN MACEDONIA;

EID: 56849086572     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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