Seasonal variation of the size distribution of urban particulate matter and associated organic pollutants in the ambient air

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 4557-4569

  Chrysikou, Loukia P ^a   Samara, Constantini A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

n Alkanes; Organochlorine pesticides; PAHs; Particle size distribution; Seasonal pattern; Thessaloniki

Indexed keywords

N-ALKANES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PAHS; SEASONAL PATTERN; THESSALONIKI;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PARAFFINS; PARTICLE SIZE; PESTICIDES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PRISTANE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PESTICIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREECE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA]; THESSALONIKI [THESSALONIKI (DPR)];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 68949099450     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.06.033     Document Type: Article

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