Relationship between concentration of pyrene and aerosol size distribution in traffic exhausts in Taipei, Taiwan

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 624-632

  Lai, Ching Huang ^a,b   Liou, Saou Hsing ^a   Shih, Tung Sheng ^c   Tsai, Perng Jy ^c   Chen, Hsiao Lung ^c   Buckley, Timothy J ^b   Strickland, Paul T ^b   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^b,d,e  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e Dept of Environ and Occup Med ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Exhaust; Exposure assessment; Particulate matter; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Pyrene; Toll workers; Traffic exhaust

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORINE; NAPHTHALENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; PYRENE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CAR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; FILTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; TAIWAN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 8344241097     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.58.10.624-632     Document Type: Article

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