Analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons extracted from air particulate matter using a temperature programmable injector coupled to GC-C-IRMS

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-12

  Mikolajczuk, Agnieszka ^a   Przyk, Elzbieta Perez ^a   Geypens, Benny ^a   Berglund, Michael ^a   Taylor, Philip ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric PAHs; Carbon 13; Compound specific VPDB13C; Dust; Isotope ecology; Isotope measurement methods; Source identification

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CARBON ISOTOPES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77949334445     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010903356920     Document Type: Article

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