Distribution of the solvent-extractable organic compounds in fine (PM1) and coarse (PM1-10) particles in urban, industrial and forest atmospheres of Northern Algeria

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 415-424

  Ladji, Riad ^a,b   Yassaa, Noureddine ^a,b   Balducci, Catia ^c   Cecinato, Angelo ^c   Meklati, Brahim Youcef ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE EN ANALYSES PHYSICO CHIMIQUES CRAPC   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c Istituto Sull'inquinamento Atmosferico Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Boumerdes; PAHs; Particulate Organic Matter; Rouiba R ghaia; Size oriented distribution Chr a Blida

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS; AIRBORNE PARTICULATE; ALGERIA; ALGIERS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BOUMERDES; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; EMISSION SOURCES; FINE PARTICLES; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS; N-ALKANES; NATIONAL PARKS; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; ORGANIC GROUP; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; POLAR COMPOUNDS; SIMILAR PATTERN; SIZE RANGES; URBAN AREAS;

AIR QUALITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FORESTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PARKS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKANOIC ACID; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CAFFEINE; CARBON; NICOTINE; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; NATIONAL PARK; PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLVENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; FOREST; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MUTAGENICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ALGERIA; ALKANES; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TREES; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALKANES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FLUORINE; FORESTRY; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMERS;

ALGER [ALGERIA]; ALGERIA; ALGIERS; BLIDA; BOUMERDES;

EID: 72149089854     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.033     Document Type: Article

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