Seasonal and diurnal variations of atmospheric PAH concentrations between rural, suburban and urban areas

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 366-373

  Morville, Stephane ^a   Delhomme, Olivier ^a   Millet, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Diurnal variation; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; Seasonal variation; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863223388     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2011.041     Document Type: Article

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