Chemical and statistical interpretation of sized aerosol particles collected at an urban site in Thessaloniki, Greece

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1815-1828

  Tsitouridou, Roxani ^a   Papazova, Petia ^b   Simeonova, Pavlina ^b   Simeonov, Vasil ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Multivariate statistics nanoparticles; size distribution; size resolved aerosol; ultrafine particles; water soluble components.

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL INTERPRETATION; THESSALONIKI , GREECE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; WATER SOLUBLE COMPONENTS; WATER SOLUBLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA STRUCTURES; NANOPARTICLES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREECE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84884537918     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2013.823337     Document Type: Article

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