A comparison study of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in three Indian cities using PUF disk passive air samplers

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-21

  Cheng, Hairong ^a,c   Deng, Zongming ^a   Chakraborty, Paromita ^b   Liu, Di ^a   Zhang, Ruijie ^a   Xu, Yue ^a   Luo, Chunlin ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a   Li, Jun ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human exposure; Indian cities; PAHs; Passive air sampling; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDIAN CITIES; PAHS; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLINGS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

URBAN GROWTH;

ACENAPTHENE; ACENAPTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORINE; INDENO[1,2,3 C,D]PYRENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYURETHAN FOAM; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; PAH; URBAN AREA;

AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

INDIA;

EID: 84875672313     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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