Particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the urban Northeast Region of China: Profiles, distributions and sources

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 40, 2011, Pages 7664-7671

  Li, Weifang ^a,c   Peng, Yue ^b   Shi, Jianwu ^a   Qiu, Weiguang ^b   Wang, Jun ^a   Bai, Zhipeng ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Liaoning Provincial Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^c Tianjin Academy of Environmental Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Ambient concentrations; Distributions; Northeast Region of China; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863192491     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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