Atmospheric concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the watershed of Lake Victoria, East Africa

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 11524-11531

  Arinaitwe, Kenneth ^a   Kiremire, Bernard T ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Fellin, Phil ^c   Li, Henrik ^c   Teixeira, Camilla ^b   Mubiru, Drake N ^d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c AIRZONE ONE LTD   (Canada)

^d Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED SOLVENT EXTRACTION; AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS; AIR SAMPLES; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICANS; LAKE VICTORIA; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; REFERENCE DATA; SAMPLING STATIONS; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS;

LAKES; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

WATERSHEDS;

NAPHTHALENE; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH; SAMPLING; SOLVENT; TEMPORAL PERIOD; VOLUME; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WATERSHED;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER SUPPLY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; UGANDA;

EID: 84868536010     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302238w     Document Type: Article

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