Sizes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon composition distributions of nano, ultrafine, fine, and coarse particulates emitted from a four-stroke motorcycle

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1768-1774

  Chien, Shu M ^a   Huang, Yuh J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Electrical low pressure impactor (ELPI); Four stroke motorcycle; PAHs

Indexed keywords

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARCINOGENIC POTENCY; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRYSENE; COARSE PARTICULATES; ELECTRICAL LOW-PRESSURE IMPACTOR; FINE PARTICLES; FLUORENES; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; PAHS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; TOTAL NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; ULTRAFINE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

COMBUSTION; MOTORCYCLES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ANTHRACENE;

ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; FUEL; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NANOPARTICLE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEALTH HAZARD; MOTORCYCLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOTORCYCLES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 79952278120     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2010.513289     Document Type: Article

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