Estimation of atmospheric PCB releases from industrial facilities in Turkey

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 420-426

  Levent Kuzu, S ^a   Saral, Arslan ^a   Demir, Selami ^a   Coltu, Hatice ^a   Can, Merve ^b   Beyaz, Tugba ^c  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cevyap Aritma ve Danismanlik Hizmetleri   (Turkey)

^c Halic Cevre Laboratuvari   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emission factor; Krigging method; PCB emission inventory; Simple box model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885649513     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2013.048     Document Type: Article

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