Evaluation of the urban/rural particle-bound PAH and PCB levels in the northern Spain (Cantabria region)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6513-6526

  Arruti, Axel ^a   Fernández Olmo, Ignacio ^a   Irabien, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

PAHs; PCBs; PM10 and PM2.5

Indexed keywords

BENZO(A)PYRENE; CANTABRIA; CONCENTRATION VALUES; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; EMISSION SOURCES; FLUORENES; LOCAL EMISSIONS; LOCAL SOURCE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PAHS; PCBS; RURAL SITE; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; TARGET VALUES; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; URBAN SITE;

ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 101; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 118; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 153; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 180; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 194; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 206; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 209; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 28; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 52; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 8; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PCB; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPEAN UNION; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SPAIN;

CANTABRIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84867583084     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2437-4     Document Type: Article

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