Measurement of participate n-alkanes and PAHs inside and outside a temple in Xiamen, China

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-138

  Wu, Shui Ping ^a   Wang, Xin Hong ^a   Hong, Hua Sheng ^a   Yan, Jing Ming ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Health risk; Incense burning; N alkanes; Particulate matter; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MINERAL OILS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYRENE;

EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; N-ALKANES; N-ALKANES AND PAHS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADMINISTRATIONS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

PARAFFINS;

AIR QUALITY; ALKANE; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PAH; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; XIAMEN;

EID: 67449122719     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2008.10.0047     Document Type: Article

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