Size distribution and source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in aerosol particle samples from the atmospheric environment of Delhi, India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4674-4680

  Gupta, Sandeep ^a   Kumar, Krishan ^a   Srivastava, Arun ^a   Srivastava, Alok ^a   Jain, V K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coarse particles; Fine particles; PAHs; Principle component analysis; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

COARSE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICLES; PAHS; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COAL COMBUSTION; HYDROCARBONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORINE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; INDIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CITIES; FLUORENES; INDIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PERYLENE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PYRENES;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 80053301592     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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