Winter mass concentrations of carbon species in PM10, PM 2.5 and PM1 in Zagreb Air, Croatia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1087-1090

  Godec, Ranka ^a   Čačković, Mirjana ^a   Šega, Krešimir ^a   Bešlic, Ivan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

EC; OC; OC EC mass ratio; TC

Indexed keywords

CARBON SPECIES; CROATIA; EC; MASS CONCENTRATION; MASS RATIO; OC; OC/EC RATIO; PARTICLE FRACTION; URBAN BACKGROUND;

CONTAMINATION; MUTAGENESIS; TECHNETIUM;

POLLUTION;

CARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CITIES; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 84867580259     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0787-4     Document Type: Article

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