A simple direct injection method for GC/MS analysis of PAHs in particulate matter

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 582-593

  Ono Ogasawara, Mariko ^a   Myojo, Toshihiko ^a,b   Smith, Thomas J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

DEP; ETS; GC MS; PAH; Particulate matter; Thermal desorption

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DIESEL FUEL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION; FILTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE; STANDARDIZATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 57849107172     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.582     Document Type: Article

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