The PAH and Nitro-PAH Concentration Profiles in Size-Segregated Urban Particulate Matter and Soil in Traffic-Related Sites in Catania, Italy

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 439-456

  de Guidi, Guido ^a,b,d   Librando, Vito ^a,b   Minniti, Zelica ^a   Bolzacchini, Ezio ^c   Perrini, Giancarlo ^a,b   Bracchitta, Giuseppina ^a   Alparone, Andrea ^a   Catalfo, Alfio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Monitoring and Minimization Methods of Environmental Risk   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d Inca Consorzio Interuniversitario Chimica per l'Ambiente ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

nitro PAH; PAH; PM; seasonal trend; soil

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; CHEMICAL DETECTION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; URBAN GROWTH;

CONCENTRATION PROFILES; FLUORANTHENE; NITROPOLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PARTICULATE SOIL; PM; PM 10; SEASONAL TRENDS; SOIL SAMPLE; TRAFFIC-RELATED; URBAN PARTICULATE MATTERS;

SOILS;

EID: 84866455479     PISSN: 10406638     EISSN: 15635333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10406638.2011.654306     Document Type: Article

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