Characteristics of PAHs in particulates in the atmospheric environment of Hat Yai City, Thailand, and relationship with rubber-wood burning in rubber sheet production

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-278

  Tekasakul, Perapong ^a   Furuuchi, Masami ^b   Tekasakul, Surajit ^a   Chomanee, Jiraporn ^a   Otani, Yoshio ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

PAHs; Rubber sheet; Rubber wood; Size distribution; Wood burning

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849146193     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2008.02.0004     Document Type: Article

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