PAHs sources contribution to the air quality of an office environment: Experimental results and receptor model (PMF) application

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-234

  Saraga, Dikaia E ^a,b   Maggos, Thomas E ^a   Sfetsos, Athanasios ^a   Tolis, Evangelos I ^b   Andronopoulos, Spyros ^a   Bartzis, John G ^b   Vasilakos, Christos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Office environment; PAHs; Particulate matter; PMF; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; OFFICE LOCATION; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESUSPENSION; SMOKING;

EID: 78049343449     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-010-0074-7     Document Type: Article

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