Wintertime size distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in the urban environment: Street- vs rooftop-level measurements

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 290-300

  Chrysikou, Loukia P ^a   Gemenetzis, Panagiotis G ^a   Samara, Constantini A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coarse particles; Fine size fraction; Long range transport; Persistent organic pollutants; Semivolatile organic compounds; Thessaloniki; Traffic emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; ROADS AND STREETS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

COARSE PARTICLES; FINE SIZE FRACTION; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THESSALONIKI; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DDT; HCH; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PCB; PESTICIDE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

EID: 57949091760     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.048     Document Type: Article

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