Seasonal influence on urban dust PAH profile and toxicity in Sydney, Australia

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2238-2243

  Aryal, Rupak ^a   Baral, Bivek ^b   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^a   Naidu, Ravi ^c   Loganathan, Paripurnanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c CRC CARE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Toxicity; Urban dust

Indexed keywords

DRY WEATHERS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; MUTAGENIC EFFECT; ROAD DUSTS; SIZE FRACTION; SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA; TIME-PERIODS; TOXIC CONTAMINANTS; URBAN DUST; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; US EPA PAHS; WET WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATCHMENTS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HEAVY METALS; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ROADS AND STREETS; TOXICITY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CATCHMENT; DUST; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FRACTIONATION; HEAVY METAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTAGENICITY; PAH; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTUMN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASON; SPRING; SUMMER; TOXICITY; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

CITIES; DUST; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEASONS; WEATHER;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 79958698151     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.504     Document Type: Article

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