Twenty years of measurement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in UK ambient air by nationwide air quality networks

Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1199-1215

  Brown, Andrew S ^a   Brown, Richard J C ^a   Coleman, Peter J ^b   Conolly, Christopher ^c   Sweetman, Andrew J ^d   Jones, Kevin C ^d   Butterfield, David M ^a   Sarantaridis, Dimitris ^a   Donovan, Brian J ^c   Roberts, Ian ^c  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Natural England   (United Kingdom)

^c RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; HISTORY; PROCEDURES;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 84878767310     PISSN: 20507887     EISSN: 20507895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3em00126a     Document Type: Article

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