Ambient distribution of particulate- and gas-phase n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Tibetan Plateau

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1703-1711

  Gong, Ping ^a   Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Health risk; Lhasa City; n Alkanes; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Source diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLES; BENZO(A)PYRENE; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; FLUORANTHENE; GASPHASE; LHASA CITY; N-ALKANES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; REMOTE AREAS; SOURCE DIAGNOSTICS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; ODORS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOOT;

PARAFFINS;

ADSORPTION; ALKANE; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS PHASE REACTION; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROLEUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PYRENE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

CHINA; LHASA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 80955137713     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0974-3     Document Type: Article

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