Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in air and snow from Fairbanks, Alaska

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-15

  Gouin, Todd ^a   Wilkinson, David ^a   Hummel, Stephen ^a   Meyer, Ben ^a   Culley, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Passive air samples; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Snow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865543028     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2010.002     Document Type: Article

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