Influence of rice straw burning on the levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in agricultural county of Taiwan

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1200-1207

  Lai, Chia Hsiang ^a   Chen, Kang Shin ^b   Wang, Hsin Kai ^b  

^a CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

open burning; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); receptor model; rice straw

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE; BURNING EMISSIONS; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE RECEPTOR MODELS; COARSE PARTICLES; MASS MEDIAN DIAMETERS; OPEN BURNING; POLLUTION SOURCES; RECEPTOR MODEL; RICE STRAW; RICE STRAWS; RURAL SITE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BURNING; COMBUSTION; PAH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRAW;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INCINERATION; RICE; SMOKE; TAIWAN;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INCINERATION; ORYZA SATIVA; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SMOKE; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 69949086651     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62404-3     Document Type: Article

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