Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination levels in collected samples from vicinity of a highway

Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-52

  Samimi, S V ^a   Akbari Rad, R ^a   Ghanizadeh, F ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dust; Highway; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Vehicle exhausts

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DUST; EXHAUST EMISSION; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 69849084180     PISSN: 17351979     EISSN: 17352746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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