PM10-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Chiang Mai (Thailand): Seasonal variations, source identification, health risk assessment and their relationship to air-mass movement

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 124, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-122

  Wiriya, Wan ^a   Prapamontol, Tippawan ^a   Chantara, Somporn ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Backward trajectory; Diagnostic ratio; PAHs; PM10

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS MOVEMENTS; ANNUAL AVERAGE; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; BIOMASS-BURNING; CARCINOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CARCINOGENIC PAHS; CHIANG MAI; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; DRY AND WET SEASONS; DRY SEASONS; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; NUMBER OF HOT SPOTS; OPEN BURNING; PAHS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PM10; PM10 CONCENTRATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; THAILAND; VEHICLE EMISSION; WET SEASON;

DROUGHT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AIR MASS; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHIANG MAI [NORTHERN REGION]; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; THAILAND;

EID: 84873554902     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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