Size distribution and chemical composition of airborne particles in south-eastern Finland during different seasons and wildfire episodes in 2006

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 644-651

  Makkonen, Ulla ^a   Hellén, Heidi ^a   Anttila, Pia ^a   Ferm, Martin ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosols; ICP MS; PAH; PM1.0; PM10; PM2.5; Trace elements; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EASTERN FINLAND; HEALTH EFFECTS; HUMAN BEING; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; ICP-MS; LARGE PARTICLES; MATRIX EFFECTS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PAH COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE FRACTION; POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES; TOXIC TRACE ELEMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FIRES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; POTASSIUM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; ANTHRACENE; ARSENIC; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHRYSENE; COBALT; COPPER; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POTASSIUM; PYRENE; SODIUM; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HEALTH IMPACT; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; WILDFIRE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; FIRE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; METALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70549098794     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.050     Document Type: Article

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