Seasonal and daily source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in PM10 in a semirural european area

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7310-7316

  Van Drooge, Barend L ^a   Ballesta, Pascual Pérez ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MIXING; HOPANES; LEVOGLUCOSAN; LOCAL SOURCE; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NORTHERN ITALY; REGRESSION MODEL; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; WOOD COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKE; WOOD;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMBIENT AIR; COMBUSTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; EUROPE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKE; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70349613214     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901381a     Document Type: Article

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