Seasonal apportionment of the sources of ambient air particulates in the city of Trieste

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 70-89

  Astel, Aleksander ^a   Cozzutto, Sergio ^b   Cozzi, Federico ^b   Adami, Gianpiero ^b   Barbieri, Pierluigi ^b   Tsakovski, Stefan ^c   Simeonov, Vasil ^c  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic polyaromatic hydrocarbons; Environmetrics; Particulate matter; Source apportionment; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DATA HANDLING; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SECONDARY EMISSION;

ENVIRONMETRICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; URBAN AIR POLLUTION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CARCINOGEN; ION; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMBUSTION; CORRELATION; ION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CITY; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA; ITALY; TRIESTE [FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA];

EID: 77949834054     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2010.032246     Document Type: Article

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