Benzo[a]pyrene modelling over Italy: Comparison with experimental data and source apportionment

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 399-407

  Silibello, Camillo ^a   Calori, Giuseppe ^a   Costa, Matteo P ^a   Dirodi, Maria G ^b   Mircea, Mihaela ^c   Radice, Paola ^a   Vitali, Lina ^c   Zanini, Gabriele ^c  

^a ARIANET Srl   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AQ models; B a P concentrations; POPs; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882763361     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2012.046     Document Type: Article

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