Simultaneous monitoring of profiles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated air with semipermeable membrane devices and spruce needles

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 461-466

  Zhu, Xiuhua ^a   Pfister, Gerd ^b   Henkelmann, Bernhard ^b   Kotalik, Jarmila ^b   Bernhöft, Silke ^b   Fiedler, Stefan ^b   Schramm, Karl Werner ^b,c  

^a DALIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

PAHs; SPMDs; Spruce needles

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHYLENE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRONIC SCRAPS; FLUORENE; GAS PHASE; LINEAR CORRELATIONS; PAHS; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLINGS; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PICEA ABIES; SAMPLING PERIODS; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICES; SIMULTANEOUS MONITORING; SIMULTANEOUS USES; SPMDS; SPRUCE NEEDLES;

AEROSOLS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROCARBONS; NEEDLES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; HYDROCARBON; MEMBRANE; PAH; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; FLUORENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPRUCE;

ACENAPHTHENES; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORENES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHENANTHRENES; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 58149160053     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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