Spatial modeling of PAHs in lichens for fingerprinting of multisource atmospheric pollution

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 7762-7769

  Augusto, Sofia ^a   Máguas, Cristina ^a   Matos, João ^b   Pereira, Maria João ^c   Soares, Amílcar ^c   Branquinho, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Portuguese Environmental Agency   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIFFERENT SIZES; EMISSION SOURCES; HUMAN HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LONG-TERM INTEGRATION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTISOURCES; PETROGENIC; REGIONAL AREAS; SPATIAL MODELING; SPATIAL MODELS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; TOXIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR POLLUTION; AVIATION; DECISION MAKING; HEAVY METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; HEAVY METAL; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; LICHEN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAH; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; HYDROPHILICITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LICHENS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LICHENS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PORTUGAL;

EID: 70350338969     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901024w     Document Type: Article

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